Inyanje Surname

430,251st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Inyanje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Inyanje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7971:57,9425,729
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Inyanje (96) may also be a first name.

Inyanje Last Name Facts

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

The surname Inyanje is most common in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Inyanje? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 430,251st most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,098,060 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Inyanje reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Inyanje is also the 968,397th most common given name globally It is held by 96 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 797 people, or 1 in 57,942. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 41 percent live, Kakamega County, where 23 percent live and Nairobi County, where 15 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Inyanje Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Inyanji86542/
Inyange8660/
Inyanja866/
Enyanje861/
Injanje861/
Ginyanye809/
Jinyange807/
Ginyange805/
Inyangi7164/
Enyange7151/
Ainyanechi711/
Enyanche67107/
Inyanchi672/
Enyanechi631/
Enyanchez631/
Enyonge571/
Enyangi571/
Iniangi571/
Enianye571/
Inionge571/
Enyanyaa537/
Enyanihi532/
Esgnagne531/
Eniohanye501/

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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 Inyanje
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