Munewe Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Munewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Munewe (46) may also be a first name.

Munewe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Munewe is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Munewe.

How Common Is The Last Name Munewe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Munewe is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Munewe are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Munewe is also the 1,484,914th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 46 people.

This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 33 percent are found, Morobe, where 33 percent are found and West New Britain, where 33 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent are found and South Africa, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Munewej9230/
Munew912/
Muneewej861/
Munnewer861/
Monewe83206/
Munawe8392/
Munywe8332/
Munewa8315/
Muniwe838/
Muneve837/
Minewe833/
Munowe832/
Munewi831/
Munebe831/
Munjwe831/
Muneewech801/
Munesue77228/
Muniwet77108/
Munieve777/
Munibee775/
Muneeva773/
Monehwe772/
Munhawe772/
Munever772/
Muineve772/
Munawee771/
Munavee771/
Muneabe771/
Munowei771/
Mounebe771/
Muniw731/
Munnibee7134/
Munhohwe711/
Munnebee711/
Munhawei711/
Munive6710,082/
Monewa671,519/
Munywa67584/
Munawi67361/
Munibe6768/
Minywe6754/
Moniwe6717/
Munjwa6717/
Muniwa6716/
Miniwe6710/
Munebi676/
Minawe675/
Mineve675/
Muneshver675/
Munave674/
Munneebee673/
Moonew672/
Munevi671/
Monywe671/

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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 Munewe
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