Yamungu Surname
Approximately 1,773 people bear this surname
Yamungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 974 | 1:54,355 | 5,958 |
| DR Congo | 773 | 1:95,575 | 10,806 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Yamungu (3,068) may also be a first name.
Yamungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamungu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamungu? popularity and diffusion
Yamungu is the 228,573rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,110,291 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yamungu are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 130,289th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 3,068 people.
The last name Yamungu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 974 people, or 1 in 54,355. In Tanzania Yamungu is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 58 percent live, Kagera Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yamungu
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