Namunje Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namunje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namunje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Namunje Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namunje occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namunje? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namunje is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namunje are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is most common in: Busia County, where 40 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 40 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 45 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.

Namunje Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally 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 Namunje
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