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
The surname Genya (Hindi: गेनया, Marathi: गेन्या, Russian: Геня) occurs most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Génya. For other potential spellings of Genya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Genya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Genya is the 288,408th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,479,358 people. The surname Genya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Genya live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Genya is also the 122,956th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,364 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 675 people, or 1 in 68,415. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 39 percent reside, Kwale County, where 31 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 28 percent reside. Barring Kenya Genya is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 22 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Genya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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- 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 Genya
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