Munyunga Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Munyunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munyunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2201:72,0456,234
DR Congo2121:348,48930,654
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Munyunga (30) may also be a first name.

Munyunga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Munyunga is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Munyunga? popularity and diffusion

Munyunga is the 683,026th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Munyunga are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 30 people.

The last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 72,045. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Province, where 52 percent are found, Western Province, where 25 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 49 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 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 Munyunga
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