Munyira Surname

519,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Munyira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munyira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4701:32,8475,074
Kenya1071:431,58823,328
Uganda431:907,89040,955
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
England21:27,859,030389,889
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Munyira (13) may also be a first name.

Munyira Last Name Facts

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

Munyira is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Munyira click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Munyira? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 519,402nd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 11,622,880 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Munyira live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Munyira is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.

Munyira is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 470 people, or 1 in 32,847. In Zimbabwe Munyira is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 44 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 13 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 17 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.

Munyira Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Munyira last name is principally Christian (75%) 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 Munyira
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