Chungu

surname · Latin script

Meaning: earthenware pot, used for cooking rice

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/tʃuŋɡu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Chungu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.6M(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 43M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

3 people

Sources
26 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.6M (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

earthenware pot, used for cooking rice

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Chungu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Chungu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia31 in 3.6M3——
DE Germany≈2 est.≈1 in 43M—Chungu12
ZM Zambia——12Chungu22
TZ Tanzania———Chungu9
US United States——listedChungu26
ZA South Africa———Chungu6

3 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Chungu is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Zambia

    Also written Chun-Gu

  • Korean given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea

    Also written Chun-Gu

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Chungu,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Chungu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ZM ZambiaECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results202112#31
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—3#151,639
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—3#23,010
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Chungu mean, and where does it come from?
earthenware pot, used for cooking rice Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Chungu?
A machine transcription gives /tʃuŋɡu/ (IPA) for Swahili.
In which country does Chungu have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 3 people named Chungu, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Chungu most common?
Chungu is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.6 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Chungu?
In Czechia, the national register counted 3 people named Chungu, about 1 in 3.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chungu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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