Runyanya Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Runyanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Runyanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Runyanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Runyanya is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Runyanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Runyanya are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,403,476. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 91 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent live and The DR Congo, where 19 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 Runyanya
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