Munyane Surname

625,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Munyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3931:117,5069,884
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Munyane (43) may also be a first name.

Munyane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Munyane occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Munyane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 625,459th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Munyane reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Munyane is also the 1,545,828th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 43 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 117,506. In Kenya it is most common in: Busia County, where 96 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 1 percent reside. Beside Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.

Munyane Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Munyane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.01% less than the national average, earning R 95,028 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
  • 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 Munyane
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