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 is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kinyangi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinyangi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kinyangi is the 515,938th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyangi live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 43 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 129,719. In Kenya Kinyangi is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 49 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 28 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Kinyangi occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Kinyangi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kinyangi surname is primarily 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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