Kinyangi Surname

515,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kinyangi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinyangi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3561:129,71910,668
DR Congo2741:269,63325,289
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Kinyangi (43) may also be a first name.

Kinyangi Last Name Facts

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

Kinyangi occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinyangi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 515,938th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyangi reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kinyangi is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 43 people.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 356 people, or 1 in 129,719. In Kenya Kinyangi is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 49 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 28 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Kinyangi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kinyangi
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