Kahinya Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Kahinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kahinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahinya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kahinya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahinya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Kahinya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kahinya live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 757,048. In Kenya Kahinya is most common in: Kiambu County, where 92 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 7 percent are found and Nyandarua County, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Kahinya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahienya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kahenya | 86 | 1,000 | / |
| Kahinja | 86 | 81 | / |
| Kahinia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kahineha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kajjinya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kahenia | 71 | 65 | / |
| Kahenja | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kouinya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ka'inihau | 63 | 14 | / |
| Khoeiniha | 63 | 11 | / |
| Kaenja | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cahuiña | 57 | 61 | / |
| Qhoenya | 57 | 13 | / |
| Khaenja | 57 | 5 | / |
| Kaenjay | 57 | 2 | / |
| Kaenjad | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kahenjo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cahinjo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cahenyo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kouinja | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cauinia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ccahuiña | 53 | 44 | / |
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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 Kahinya
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