Kinye Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Kinye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kinye (51) may also be a first name.
Kinye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kinye (Marathi: िकन्ये) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kinye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. Kinye occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kinye live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kinye is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 51 people.
The last name Kinye is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 75 percent live, Littoral Region, where 21 percent live and Northwest Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and Botswana, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kinye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kinye in the Marathi language | ||
| िकन्ये | ikan'ye | - |
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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 Kinye
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