Wamunya Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wamunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wamunya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda371:1,055,11644,846
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wamunya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wamunya occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamunya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Wamunya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wamunya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 1,055,116. In Uganda Wamunya is primarily concentrated in: Namutumba District, where 57 percent are found, Mayuge District, where 30 percent are found and Kabarole District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamunyua931/
Wamunye8615/
Bamunya865/
Wamonya861/
Baimunya8087/
Vamunyah801/
Wamuneo7113/
Wamonja713/
Wamunje712/
Wamonyo712/
Wamugne711/
Bomunya711/
Wamonye711/
Vamougna677/
Waymonia671/
Wamonje575/
Vamougne533/
Bamounio531/
Vamuniji531/
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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 Wamunya
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