Kinya Surname
Approximately 32,061 people bear this surname
Kinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 31,083 | 1:1,486 | 243 |
| Uganda | 491 | 1:79,510 | 8,532 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Tanzania | 138 | 1:383,635 | 27,683 |
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kinya (28,700) may also be a first name.
Kinya Demographics
Kinya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kinya (Hindi: किन्या, Russian: Киня) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,280th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 227,303 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 28,871st most prevalent first name globally, held by 28,700 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 31,083 people, or 1 in 1,486. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Meru County, where 79 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 9 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Kinya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kinya are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Kinya earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $47,094 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kinya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kinya in the Hindi language | ||
| किन्या | kin'ya | 96 |
| किनया | kinaya | 1.6 |
| किंया | kinya | 0.8 |
| कीन्या | kin'ya | 0.8 |
| कींया | kinya | 0.8 |
| Kinya in the Russian language | ||
| Киня | kina | - |
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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 Kinya
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