Gentuywa Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gentuywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gentuywa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Gentuywa Demographics

Gentuywa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Gentuywa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gentuywa is found most in Kenya. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gentuywa? popularity and diffusion

Gentuywa is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Gentuywa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gentuywa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent live and Nyamira County, where 50 percent live.

Gentuywa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gentuyua881/
Sentuwa8022/
Gentuba8019/
Centywa801/
Esintuwa7514/
Sentuuwa752/
Intuwa713/
Entuba713/
Entuwo711/
Sentiwa6718/
Intouwa677/
Jintuwa671/
Gentiva671/
Intuwat671/
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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 Gentuywa
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