Ayenya Surname
Approximately 2,927 people bear this surname
Ayenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,883 | 1:13,541 | 2,174 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
Ayenya (22) may also be a first name.
Ayenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ayenya occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ayenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ayenya is the 150,644th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,489,766 people. Ayenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayenya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 22 people.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,883 people, or 1 in 13,541. In Uganda Ayenya is most prevalent in: Zombo District, where 33 percent live, Nebbi District, where 20 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 14 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 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 Ayenya
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