Musonye Surname

140,627th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Musonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3,1601:14,6141,771
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Musonye (354) may also be a first name.

Musonye Last Name Facts

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

Musonye is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musonye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 140,627th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,296,737 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Musonye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Musonye is also the 463,079th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 354 people.

Musonye is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 3,160 people, or 1 in 14,614. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 54 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 18 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.

Musonye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Musonye earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.

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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 Musonye
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