Muunyu Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muunyu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muunyu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1511:104,9668,288
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Muunyu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muunyu occurs most in Zambia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Muunyu.

How Common Is The Last Name Muunyu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,403,590th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muunyu live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 104,966. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 64 percent live, Southern Province, where 32 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia Muunyu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Munyu912,446/
Munyua838,601/
Muenyu834/
Maunyu833/
Munyuy833/
Munnyu832/
Mhunyu832/
Munyou831/
Munyhu831/
Mhuunhu771/
Monyu7363/
Munyuová7112/
Munyohiu711/
Meunyuth711/
Mineyu6742/
Monnyu6733/
Minyuh6717/
Mhinyu6715/
Monyuy679/
Munjuu672/
Minoyu672/
Monyua671/
Muniuy671/
Monyuh671/
Mounju671/
Monyhu671/

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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 Muunyu
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