Ainya Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Ainya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 362 | 1:107,843 | 10,589 |
| Kenya | 53 | 1:871,319 | 32,675 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ainya (36) may also be a first name.
Ainya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ainya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ainya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ainya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 703,644th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. The last name Ainya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ainya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 362 people, or 1 in 107,843. In Uganda Ainya is mostly found in: Kaberamaido District, where 61 percent live, Soroti District, where 29 percent live and Serere District, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda Ainya exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Ainya
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