Muvai Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Muvai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 217 | 1:212,811 | 15,182 |
| Namibia | 55 | 1:43,807 | 5,665 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Muvai (129) may also be a first name.
Muvai Demographics
Muvai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Muvai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muvai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muvai is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muvai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muvai is the 956,400th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname Muvai is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muvai live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Muvai is also the 818,356th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 129 people.
The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 212,811. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kitui County, where 93 percent are found, Machakos County, where 4 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 20 percent are found and Venezuela, where 0 percent are found.
Muvai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Muvai 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 Muvai
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