Amurono Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Amurono Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Amurono Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3961:116,6169,844
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Amurono (11) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Amurono Demographics

Amurono Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 10 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Amurono Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amurono Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Amurono has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Amurono? popularity and diffusion

The surname Amurono is the 727,600th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amurono live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Amurono is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 11 people.

The last name Amurono is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 116,616. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 77 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 20 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Amurono exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Amurono Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Amurono surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omurono861/
Omurongo802/
Omorono7113/
Amurana717/
Amorano713/
Amorona711/
Amuranga6716/
Homorono671/
Amorana5713/
Amoroña5710/
Omurana572/
Omorona571/
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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 Amurono
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