Bulinya Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Bulinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bulinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya641:721,56130,456
Uganda231:1,697,36058,907

Bulinya Last Name Facts

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

Bulinya is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bulinya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulinya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,007,164th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bulinya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 721,561. In Kenya Bulinya is most numerous in: Trans Nzoia County, where 75 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 14 percent are found and Busia County, where 6 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 26 percent are found.

Bulinya Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bulynya86314/
Bulenya86199/
Bulinja865/
Bulingia804/
Bouligna801/
Buliņa777/
Buliña771/
Boulignat75169/
Bouligney755/
Bulynia7120/
Bolinja7117/
Bolinia712/
Bolinha712/
Bolenya711/
Bulenja711/
Voulinia671/
Boulenjas632/
Bauliño575/
Bolinio572/
Wolinja572/
Bolineo571/
Wolenya571/
Voleynya5311/
Voleinia535/

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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 Bulinya
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