Makunyi Surname
Approximately 1,057 people bear this surname
Makunyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 992 | 1:46,552 | 4,802 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
Makunyi (238) may also be a first name.
Makunyi Demographics
Makunyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Makunyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makunyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makunyi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makunyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 346,158th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,894,556 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makunyi live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 580,229th most numerous forename in the world, held by 238 people.
The last name Makunyi is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 992 people, or 1 in 46,552. In Kenya Makunyi is primarily concentrated in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 75 percent are found, Meru County, where 16 percent are found and Kitui County, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.
Makunyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally 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 Makunyi
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