Guenaya Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Guenaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 118 | 1:327,386 | 31,003 |
| Mauritania | 60 | 1:68,248 | 4,675 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Guenaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guenaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guenaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺎﻳﻪ) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guenaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Guenaya is the 1,257,535th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Guenaya reside; 64 percent reside in North Africa and 64 percent reside in Mahgreb.
Guenaya is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 327,386. In Algeria Guenaya is most common in: Ghardaïa Province, where 96 percent are found, Béchar Province, where 3 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 1 percent are found. Other than Algeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 33 percent are found and Peru, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guenaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guenaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺎﻳﻪ | knayh | 77.78 |
| ﻛﻨﺎﻱ | knay | 11.11 |
| ﻗﻨﺎﻱ | qnay | 5.56 |
| ﻛﻨﺎﻳﺔ | knayt | 5.56 |
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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 Guenaya
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