Kineye Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Kineye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 155 | 1:341,559 | 25,363 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
Kineye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kineye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kineye is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kineye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,374,607th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kineye are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kineye is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 341,559. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent live, Tabora Region, where 3 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 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 Kineye
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