Muvunyi Surname

18,659th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,545 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Muvunyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muvunyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda28,8371:39471
Uganda5181:75,3658,231
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Burundi91:1,089,428846
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Muvunyi (3,305) may also be a first name.

Muvunyi Last Name Facts

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

Muvunyi is held by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Muvunyi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muvunyi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 18,659th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 246,659 people. The surname Muvunyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muvunyi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Muvunyi is also the 124,413th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 3,305 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Rwanda, where it is borne by 28,837 people, or 1 in 394. Without taking into account Rwanda Muvunyi is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Muvunyi Last Name Statistics demography

Muvunyi 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muvuni92106/
Muvhuni8686/
Muvungi863/
Muvhunhi809/
Muvungai801/
Muvuna7725/
Muwuni7710/
Mubuni775/
Muvune772/
Muvunge7122/
Mubunni715/
Moubouni671/
Muwune626/
Mowuny621/
Muwuna621/
Mowuni621/
Muwunge576/
Muwuune571/
Muwuuna571/
Mouvone571/
Musvumhe531/
Mowhouni531/

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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 Muvunyi
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