Muyei Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Muyei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 270 | 1:171,037 | 13,055 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muyei (146) may also be a first name.
Muyei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muyei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muyei is found most frequently in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Muyei.
How Common Is The Last Name Muyei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muyei is the 959,117th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muyei are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Muyei is also the 763,528th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 146 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 171,037. In Kenya Muyei is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 100 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 0 percent live. Barring Kenya Muyei exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Muyei
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