Genya Surname
Approximately 1,330 people bear this surname
Genya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 675 | 1:68,415 | 6,527 |
| Tanzania | 288 | 1:183,825 | 15,940 |
| Indonesia | 171 | 1:773,387 | 59,023 |
| Russia | 77 | 1:1,871,728 | 119,355 |
| Turkey | 32 | 1:2,431,919 | 77,125 |
| Kazakhstan | 30 | 1:589,417 | 41,433 |
| Moldova | 12 | 1:296,781 | 24,445 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Génya (8) are calculated separately.
Genya (3,364) may also be a first name.
Genya Demographics
Genya Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Genya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Genya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Genya (Hindi: गेनया, Marathi: गेन्या, Russian: Геня) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Génya. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Genya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Genya is the 288,408th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,479,358 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Genya reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 122,956th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 3,364 people.
The last name Genya is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 675 people, or 1 in 68,415. In Kenya Genya is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 39 percent live, Kwale County, where 31 percent live and Mombasa County, where 28 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Genya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (93%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Genya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Genya in the Marathi language | ||
| गेन्या | gen'ya | 92.82 |
| गेण्या | genya | 7.18 |
| Genya in the Hindi language | ||
| गेनया | genaya | 50 |
| गेन्या | gen'ya | 37.5 |
| गेना | gena | 12.5 |
| Genya in the Russian language | ||
| Геня | gena | - |
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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
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- 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 Genya
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