Kainyu Surname
Approximately 1,518 people bear this surname
Kainyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,510 | 1:30,583 | 3,361 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Kainyu (575) may also be a first name.
Kainyu Demographics
Kainyu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kainyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kainyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kainyu (Hindi: कैंयू) is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kainyu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kainyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kainyu is the 259,061st most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,800,755 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kainyu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 349,457th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 575 people.
The last name Kainyu is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 1,510 people, or 1 in 30,583. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Meru County, where 56 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 35 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 8 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.
Kainyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kainyu surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kainyu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kainyu in the Hindi language | ||
| कैंयू | kainyu | - |
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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 Kainyu
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