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 held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamonye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 878,878th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamonye are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 26 people.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 296 people, or 1 in 156,013. In Kenya Kamonye is most common in: Kiambu County, where 66 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 25 percent are found and Muranga County, where 3 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.

Kamonye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kamonye surname is chiefly 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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