Amenya Surname
Approximately 6,365 people bear this surname
Amenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,858 | 1:16,158 | 1,930 |
| Ghana | 1,870 | 1:14,450 | 1,872 |
| Uganda | 775 | 1:50,373 | 6,096 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| Israel | 55 | 1:155,593 | 16,202 |
| Namibia | 50 | 1:48,188 | 6,016 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Amenya (969) may also be a first name.
Amenya Demographics
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Amenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amenya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 76,933rd most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,144,940 people. The last name Amenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amenya are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 259,003rd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 969 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,858 people, or 1 in 16,158. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 34 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside and Nyamira County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 29 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.
Amenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Amenya last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Amenya surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.
Amenya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.7% less than the national average, earning $32,924 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amenyah | 92 | 3,326 | / |
| Hamenya | 92 | 442 | / |
| Amenyat | 92 | 8 | / |
| Ameenya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amenuiya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Amenyo | 83 | 8,270 | / |
| Omenya | 83 | 1,750 | / |
| Aminya | 83 | 59 | / |
| Amenia | 83 | 35 | / |
| Amegna | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amenea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amenha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Homenya | 77 | 354 | / |
| Amienyo | 77 | 49 | / |
| Hamenja | 77 | 32 | / |
| Ameinia | 77 | 17 | / |
| Atmenia | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ameniah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Hamenia | 77 | 6 | / |
| Omeanya | 77 | 5 | / |
| Otmenya | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ajmenia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ameanea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Amenyoh | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gomenya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Amesnia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gamenyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hamenha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amionya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haminya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amengia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ameña | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ameniach | 71 | 11 | / |
| Hamenhai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Haamenyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gamenjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Athmenia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gamenjay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omenyo | 67 | 802 | / |
| Omegna | 67 | 218 | / |
| Ominya | 67 | 89 | / |
| Aminha | 67 | 45 | / |
| Aminia | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ameneo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Aminyo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Omenia | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aminja | 67 | 5 | / |
| Omenja | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amigna | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amenio | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aminea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Amegno | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaimenjay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ameignatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amynia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amenya
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