Anywa Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Anywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1231:375,44621,575
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Anywa (19) may also be a first name.

Anywa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Anywa is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Anywa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Anywa is the 1,504,764th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. Anywa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Anywa are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Anywa is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name internationally, held by 19 people.

Anywa is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 375,446. In Kenya Anywa is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Anywa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anyway9141/
Anyowa913/
Anywwa913/
Annywa912/
Anywua911/
Anywat911/
Anywaa911/
Anaywa911/
Angaywa835/
Anewa801,393/
Aniwa801,042/
Anuwa80442/
Onywa8012/
Anjwa808/
Anywo805/
Anhwa804/
Anyba802/
Anywi801/
Anywaush7714/
Hanayway771/
Hanewa7382/
Anyova7366/
Haniwa7339/
Aneyva7327/
Anjwea7321/
Hanjwa7315/
Aniwaa7315/
Annuwa7313/
Aneyba7312/
Anuwai7312/
Anyowo739/
Aniwah737/
Aniway736/
Anuwah736/
Anoiwa735/
Hanuwa734/
Annewa733/
Anhuwa732/
Anayua731/
Ganywi731/
Anhiwa731/
Aniwai731/
Aniewa731/
Aneiwa731/
Anywgo731/
Aanuwa731/
Anewah731/
Aneewa731/
Anewad731/
Agnewa731/
Aaniwa731/
Anniwa731/
Ajnuwa731/
Amnuyswat711/
Ganhewa67972/
Hangewa67234/
Ahanjwa67109/
Hangiwa67105/
Ganyova6777/
Ahanuwa6759/
Hainiwa6742/
Anniway6740/
Hanaiwa6736/
Hanyova6726/
Annajwa6718/
Anayhua6718/
Ganniwa678/
Annewad677/
Ainnuwa676/
Aniwaah674/
Annuwah672/
Asniwat672/
Angniwa672/
Anywech672/
Ajnewaj671/
Gaanewa671/
Haynewa671/
Hanuwai671/
Haniewa671/
Haneiwa671/
Ganeway671/
Aniwatt671/
Hannewa671/
Anichwa671/
Angiway671/
Aniwach671/
Gannewa671/
Aneewua671/
Haneway670/
Ganiway670/

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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 Anywa
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