Kinyenga Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kinyenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinyenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2011:263,39121,014
DR Congo1981:373,12932,235

Kinyenga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kinyenga is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kinyenga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinyenga? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kinyenga is the 727,600th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyenga are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 263,391. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 58 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 41 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 50 percent are found.

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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 Kinyenga
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