Muyunga Surname

196,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Muyunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muyunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,4431:27,0543,769
DR Congo6501:113,66112,476
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Zambia121:1,320,82731,121
England61:9,286,343223,652
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Muyunga (33) may also be a first name.

Muyunga Last Name Facts

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

Muyunga is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Muyunga.

How Common Is The Last Name Muyunga? popularity and diffusion

Muyunga is the 196,716th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,421,383 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muyunga live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Muyunga is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 33 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,443 people, or 1 in 27,054. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Rakai District, where 23 percent live, Wakiso District, where 14 percent live and Kampala District, where 12 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 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
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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 Muyunga
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