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
The last name Murunyu is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murunyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Murunyu is the 1,152,132nd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Murunyu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Murunyu is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 225,268. In Kenya Murunyu is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 89 percent live, Muranga County, where 4 percent live and Kajiado County, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Murunyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Murunyu surname is chiefly 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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