Inyanya Surname
Approximately 590 people bear this surname
Inyanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 324 | 1:142,531 | 11,485 |
| Thailand | 124 | 1:569,664 | 97,190 |
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Inyanya (18) may also be a first name.
Inyanya Demographics
Inyanya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Inyanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Inyanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Inyanya is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Inyanya? popularity and diffusion
Inyanya is the 543,414th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,351,773 people. The surname Inyanya is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Inyanya live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 36 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 142,531. In Kenya Inyanya is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 64 percent live, Vihiga County, where 33 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya Inyanya occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 20 percent live.
Inyanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Inyanya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ginyanya | 93 | 4 | / |
| Enyanya | 86 | 111 | / |
| Inyanja | 86 | 6 | / |
| Injanya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Inyonya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Enyanyaa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Hinyonya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Inhanha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Inyonyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Inyanjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enianya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enyanyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ineanea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ignania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eneanyah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ainhanha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eneeanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iniangia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Inyangnoo | 63 | 9 | / |
| Jeenjanya | 63 | 7 | / |
| Ignanio | 57 | 2 | / |
| Eniania | 57 | 1 | / |
| Inyomja | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Inyanya
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