Muyayi Surname

361,698th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muyayi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muyayi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4161:38,1013,811
DR Congo3831:192,89719,402
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Muyayi (14) may also be a first name.

Muyayi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muyayi is found most in Zambia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muyayi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Muyayi is the 361,698th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,287,546 people. Muyayi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muyayi are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.

The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 38,101. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Province, where 50 percent are found, Luapula Province, where 36 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Zambia Muyayi exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 38 percent are found and Malawi, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Miyaji677,723/
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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
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  • 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 Muyayi
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