Muyira Surname
Approximately 3,012 people bear this surname
Muyira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,745 | 1:6,236 | 896 |
| Uganda | 140 | 1:278,852 | 19,916 |
| Kenya | 124 | 1:372,419 | 21,454 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Muyira Demographics
Muyira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Muyira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muyira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muyira occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Muyira.
How Common Is The Last Name Muyira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 147,082nd most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,419,504 people. The last name Muyira is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muyira are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 2,745 people, or 1 in 6,236. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
Muyira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname 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 Muyira
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