Kamonye Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kamonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2961:156,01312,361
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kamonye (26) may also be a first name.

Kamonye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kamonye is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kamonye.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamonye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 878,878th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamonye live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kamonye is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 26 people.

The surname Kamonye is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 156,013. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 66 percent live, Nakuru County, where 25 percent live and Muranga County, where 3 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Kamonye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kamonye
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