Edenyi Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Edenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Edenyi (23) may also be a first name.
Edenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edenyi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Edenyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. Edenyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Edenyi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name on earth, held by 23 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 65 percent reside, Benue, where 11 percent reside and Delta, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Edenyi occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Edenyi
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