Kimany Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kimany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kimany (14) may also be a first name.
Kimany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kimany is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimany? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Kimany is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kimany reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 57 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kimany is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 14 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Kimany is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 40 percent live, Centre Region, where 20 percent live and South Region, where 20 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
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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 Kimany
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