Fenyi Surname
Approximately 1,172 people bear this surname
Fenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,108 | 1:24,387 | 2,946 |
| Ukraine | 35 | 1:1,300,648 | 109,855 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Fényi (193) are calculated separately.
Fenyi (174) may also be a first name.
Fenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fenyi is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Fényi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fenyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fenyi is the 319,156th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 6,218,043 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Fenyi reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 692,220th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 174 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,108 people, or 1 in 24,387. Other than Ghana Fenyi occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, 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 Fenyi
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