Monyama Surname

364,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 991 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Monyama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Monyama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5121:105,81612,779
DR Congo3081:239,86923,092
Botswana1381:15,8473,103
Lesotho331:61,5938,794

Monyama (126) may also be a first name.

Monyama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Monyama is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Monyama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 364,266th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,353,729 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Monyama reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Monyama is also the 829,183rd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 126 people.

Monyama is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 105,816. In South Africa Monyama is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Botswana, where 14 percent reside.

Monyama Last Name Statistics demography

Monyama earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.75% less than the national average, earning R 136,044 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Monyama
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