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
The last name Muvai is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muvai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muvai is the 956,400th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname Muvai is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muvai are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 818,356th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 129 people.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 212,811. In Kenya Muvai is most numerous in: Kitui County, where 93 percent live, Machakos County, where 4 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 20 percent live and Venezuela, where 0 percent live.
Muvai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly 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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