Murunyu Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Murunyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 205 | 1:225,268 | 15,863 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Murunyu Demographics
Murunyu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murunyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murunyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Murunyu is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murunyu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,152,132nd most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Murunyu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 225,268. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 89 percent reside, Muranga County, where 4 percent reside and Kajiado County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Murunyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Murunyu last name 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 Murunyu
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