Muntua Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Muntua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muntua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Muntua (7) may also be a first name.

Muntua Last Name Facts

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

Muntua is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muntua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Muntua reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 7 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Muntua is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 67 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 33 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Kenya, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muntuea924/
Mundua832,994/
Montua83149/
Muntwa8342/
Montuah77109/
Munduap7733/
Munduah7711/
Moundua774/
Moontua771/
Mutintwa715/
Musintwa712/
Mundwa67281/
Mondua6799/
Moundouha676/
Montwa675/
Mundva672/
Montuo671/
Mhundwa621,016/
Mundhwa6241/
Muundwa6210/
Montuho621/
Mgundwa621/
Mundhva621/
Mundvad621/
Monthwa621/
Montuoh621/
Moundwa621/
Musendwa5731/
Mountwey571/
Munndhwa571/
Muttendwa536/
Mumthwaha533/
Mondwa50545/

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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 Muntua
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