Munyekenye Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Munyekenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 809 | 1:57,083 | 5,659 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Munyekenye (122) may also be a first name.
Munyekenye Demographics
Munyekenye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Munyekenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Munyekenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Munyekenye has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Munyekenye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Munyekenye is the 418,547th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,780,176 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Munyekenye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Munyekenye is also the 844,248th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 122 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 809 people, or 1 in 57,083. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 41 percent reside, Busia County, where 40 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Liberia, where 0 percent reside.
Munyekenye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Munyekenye surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Munyekenye
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