Surname Merinyo (Merinyo 
) , worldwide, is a rare last name. The family name Merinyo is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is a rare surname, and Kenya. Much less frequently, Merinyo is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Merinyo | Tanzania, Kenya |
| joseph merinyo early Tanzanian Christian, pioneer of coffee growing in East Africa, TZ (b. 1880) |
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