Kinyeki Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Kinyeki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 230 | 1:200,782 | 14,628 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kinyeki (65) may also be a first name.
Kinyeki Demographics
Kinyeki Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kinyeki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinyeki Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kinyeki is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinyeki? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,014,722nd most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. Kinyeki occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kinyeki live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 65 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 200,782. In Kenya Kinyeki is mostly found in: Kirinyaga County, where 75 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 17 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 4 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent are found.
Kinyeki Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kinyeki 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 Kinyeki
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