Bunyige Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Bunyige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 316 | 1:146,139 | 11,699 |
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
Bunyige (274) may also be a first name.
Bunyige Demographics
Bunyige Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bunyige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bunyige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bunyige is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bunyige.
How Common Is The Last Name Bunyige? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 685,266th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bunyige are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 71 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 536,832nd most widely held forename globally, held by 274 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 146,139. In Kenya Bunyige is most prevalent in: Migori County, where 97 percent live, Nairobi County, where 3 percent live and Makueni County, where 0 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent live.
Bunyige Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bunyige surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunyinge | 93 | 28 | / |
| Bunyiga | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bunyege | 86 | 2 | / |
| Buniege | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bunyegye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bunyenge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bunyigga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bounjige | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bunyese | 71 | 10 | / |
| Bunyezi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bunyesi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bungeze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonyize | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bungenge | 67 | 315 | / |
| Bunyecha | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bunhijee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpunyize | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vunyenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vhunyenge | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bonyeza | 57 | 43 | / |
| Vonyiga | 57 | 25 | / |
| Wonyigi | 57 | 6 | / |
| Wonjige | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wonyiga | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bunihizi | 53 | 331 | / |
| Bunhejee | 53 | 7 | / |
| Bunihiza | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Bunyige
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis