Semunyu Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Semunyu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semunyu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1471:360,14726,649
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Semunyu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Semunyu has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Semunyu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,441,361st most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. Semunyu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Semunyu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 360,147. In Tanzania Semunyu is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 71 percent live, Iringa Region, where 22 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ssemunyu931/
Simunyu86242/
Samunyu868/
Seminyu862/
Chemunyu801/
Seminyuy801/
Ssemunju801/
Sseminyu801/
Seimonyu801/
Simuunyu801/
Zimunyu7110/
Zamunyu712/
Chimunyu67122/
Hsiminyu673/
Shiminyu671/
Saminoyu671/
Zimhunyu671/
Zimunyua671/
Zimunhu571,556/
Semonho571/
Chimunhu531,535/
Zimhunhu5322/
Chimhunhu5021/

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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 Semunyu
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