Munene is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Munene
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname Munene is variation of the Monson. The following rather happy pun on this name is given in Willis's History of Cathedrals:
"Lunam cum Pheabo jungito, nomen habes"—
Join Moon and Sun, and Moxsox you will have.
Heraldic Anomalies.

Family name is variation of Munn. An abbreviation or nurse-name of Edmund. But more probably a corruption of the Norman Mohun. A correspondent observes that "the name is quite common in Kent, and it has only of late years spread into other counties. I have now property that went by the name of Munn's three hundred years ago."

Surname Munene is the variant form of the Mounsey. A corruption of Monceux - The great Norman family, who gave the suffix to Hurst-Monceux, county of Sussex, and to Compton-Monceux, county Hants., derived their surname "from a place in the parish of Gueron, in the diocese of Bayeux, and are stated by some authorities to have come over with the Conqueror." Venables's Herstmonceux and its Lords. Lond. 1851. French monceux, heaps, monticuli

The parish of Herstmonceux, county of Sussex, is in rustic parlance Herst, or rather Hors-Mounseys.

Surname is a variation of the Monceux. The great Norman family, who gave the suffix to Hurst-Monceux, county of Sussex, and to Compton-Monceux, county Hants., derived their surname "from a place in the parish of Gueron, in the diocese of Bayeux, and are stated by some authorities to have come over with the Conqueror." Venables's Herstmonceux and its Lords. Lond. 1851. French monceux, heaps, monticuli.

A variant of Mohun. Moyon, an ancient barony near St. Lo, in Normandy. William de Moiun, whose descendants varied their orthography to Mohun, was a great tenant in chief in the western counties. Hence Moon, and perhaps Munn.

Variant form of the Monson. The son of Mon, a pet form of Magnus meaning "great".

The family name is variant form of Munn. One who resided in a monastic establishment, a monk.

Is a variant form of Munson. The son of Mans, a pet form of Magnus meaning "great"; the son of Mun, a pet form of Edmund meaning "rich, protector".

Munene is variation of Monsey. An old corrupt form of Monceaux.

Munene is a variation of the Muncey. The same as Monceux an ancient corruption - The great Norman family, who gave the suffix to Hurst-Monceux, county of Sussex, and to Compton-Monceux, county Hants., derived their surname "from a place in the parish of Gueron, in the diocese of Bayeux, and are stated by some authorities to have come over with the Conqueror." Venables's Herstmonceux and its Lords. Lond. 1851. French monceux, heaps, monticuli
Muncy in Hundred Rolls.

How popular is Munene?

Munene is common in Kenya, Zambia, DR Congo, Uganda, United States, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Munene is ranked 6711 on our list.

Munene is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Kenya which signifies its Kenya provenence. Around 84288 people have been found who wears Munene as their family name. Munene is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Munene:
87 Kenya76,782
Countries with thousands of Munene:
522 Zambia3,669
3,136 DR Congo2,969
Countries with hundreds of Munene:
16,174 Uganda193
142,789 United States158
34,477 South Africa140
17,093 Zimbabwe120
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,509 Namibia82
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,182 England46
162,099 Nigeria25
4,438 Sudan16
52,852 Tanzania13
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
116,751 Australia9
220,704 Canada8

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