Muniwe Surname

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

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Muniwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muniwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Muniwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muniwe is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muniwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Muniwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muniwe live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Muniwe is most frequent in Namibia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 602,350. In Namibia it is most common in: Zambezi Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Namibia Muniwe exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Zambia, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muniwet92108/
Muniw911/
Munive8310,082/
Munawe8392/
Munibe8368/
Munywe8332/
Munuwe8317/
Moniwe8317/
Muniwa8316/
Miniwe8310/
Munewe838/
Munjwe831/
Munives77531/
Munivez77374/
Munaiwa77138/
Munewej7730/
Muniver7714/
Munhuwe7710/
Miniwei779/
Mounawe777/
Munyewe777/
Munieve777/
Munibee775/
Munaiwi772/
Munhawe772/
Monaiwe772/
Munnibe771/
Munuwei771/
Munawee771/
Munivet771/
Mounibe771/
Munew732/
Munhuwei71215/
Munnibee7134/
Munhoiwa7124/
Munniwai7121/
Munayiwa7117/
Mounouwe712/
Munnewer711/
Mungauwe711/
Munoyiwa711/
Munisvet711/
Munhawei711/
Muneewej711/
Munuve674,463/
Moniwa67721/
Munywa67584/
Munibi67220/
Monewe67206/
Munuvi6796/
Minywe6754/
Munjwa6717/
Munewa6715/
Munjui6711/
Minive677/
Muniva677/
Muneve677/
Munebi676/
Munifd675/
Munave674/
Minewe673/
Muneewech671/
Munishver671/
Munevi671/
Munewi671/
Munheyiwa671/
Muniyawoy671/
Muniyabee671/
Munuwi671/
Munebe671/
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 Muniwe
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