Munyanyi Surname

121,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,755 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Munyanyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munyanyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3,6081:4,279381
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
England381:1,466,26563,675
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Munyanyi (176) may also be a first name.

Munyanyi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Munyanyi occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Munyanyi.

How Common Is The Last Name Munyanyi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 121,889th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,940,758 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Munyanyi live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Munyanyi is also the 687,834th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 176 people.

The surname Munyanyi is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 3,608 people, or 1 in 4,279. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 21 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 19 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Munyanyi
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