Munyendo Surname

153,541st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,863 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Munyendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munyendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,8181:16,3871,962
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Munyendo (494) may also be a first name.

Munyendo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Munyendo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Munyendo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Munyendo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 153,541st most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,545,423 people. Munyendo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Munyendo are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 381,888th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 494 people.

The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,818 people, or 1 in 16,387. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 64 percent live, Nairobi County, where 15 percent live and Bungoma County, where 8 percent live. Beside Kenya it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Munyendo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (96%) 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
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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 Munyendo
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