Mungiria Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mungiria Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mungiria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4811:96,0088,500
Zimbabwe421:367,57734,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mungiria (82) may also be a first name.

Mungiria Last Name Facts

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

Mungiria occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mungiria.

How Common Is The Last Name Mungiria? popularity and diffusion

Mungiria is the 592,650th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mungiria live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mungiria is also the 1,060,447th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 82 people.

Mungiria is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 481 people, or 1 in 96,008. In Kenya Mungiria is primarily found in: Meru County, where 81 percent live, Tharaka Nithi County, where 18 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya Mungiria exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Mungiria Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mungiria surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mungiriah947/
Mugiria9315/
Mungeria88217/
Muniriah8815/
Muguiria881/
Mauniria881/
Mung'eria8287/
Muneria80444/
Mugirya80229/
Mugeria8060/
Munsirja753/
Muniriho751/
Muniraaja7118/
Munshirja716/
Muguerria711/
Munerya67108/
Mogirya678/
Moneria672/
Mugereha6327/
Mongerio639/
Mogerya531/
Monaireo5010/
Monzerio501/

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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 Mungiria
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