Kinyage Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kinyage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinyage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1731:306,02123,488
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Kinyage (15) may also be a first name.

Kinyage Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kinyage Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kinyage is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinyage? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,202,518th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyage live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 15 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 306,021. In Tanzania Kinyage is most common in: Shinyanga Region, where 90 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinyange93567/
Kinyaga863,376/
Kinyoge8612/
Kenyage866/
Kinhage862/
Kinyagi861/
Kinyonge80712/
Kinyangi80632/
Kenyange80498/
Kiniange8033/
Kenyagye806/
Kinyagha801/
Kinyangai751/
Kainyonge751/
Kenyaga71424/
Kenyagi7133/
Kinjagi714/
Kiniagi712/
Kinyogi711/
Kenyangi676,206/
Kiniangi67234/
Kinjangi67210/
Cenyange6748/
Kinyongi675/
Kenyagha672/
Kenyagai671/
Kinjaggi671/
Keneagey670/
Kenyaangi632/
Kinyogouy631/
Kenyanggi631/
Kinjogi571/
Kenyoga571/
Kenjagi571/
Kiniongi53253/

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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
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  • 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 Kinyage
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