Kinyere Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Kinyere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 165 | 1:320,858 | 24,292 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kinyere (35) may also be a first name.
Kinyere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinyere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kinyere is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinyere? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kinyere is the 942,947th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyere reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.
The last name Kinyere is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 99 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kienyere | 93 | 7 | / |
| Kinyerea | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kingeyere | 88 | 10 | / |
| Kinyera | 86 | 6,363 | / |
| Cinyere | 86 | 247 | / |
| Kinyire | 86 | 62 | / |
| Kingere | 86 | 40 | / |
| Kinyeri | 86 | 36 | / |
| Kenyere | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kinoere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kenyereš | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kingerey | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kinayera | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kinyerai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kinierea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kinare | 77 | 283 | / |
| Kinire | 77 | 3 | / |
| Chineyere | 75 | 62 | / |
| Chiniyere | 75 | 5 | / |
| Chinoyere | 75 | 4 | / |
| Keneyeres | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chinhyere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kingery | 71 | 6,015 | / |
| Kengere | 71 | 2,876 | / |
| Kenyeri | 71 | 121 | / |
| Kiniery | 71 | 83 | / |
| Kinyiri | 71 | 55 | / |
| Keniere | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kenyera | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kinirey | 71 | 8 | / |
| Khinare | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kenyery | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kinyira | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kineara | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kineyra | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kineery | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kinaree | 71 | 3 | / |
| Cinyeri | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cineyre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kignery | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kenjere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kenyire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinjeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kineira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kineeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinaure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinarey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kenjereš | 67 | 265 | / |
| Khengere | 67 | 166 | / |
| Chinjere | 67 | 110 | / |
| Kinejara | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kenieres | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kenjeres | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chineyre | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khinnare | 67 | 6 | / |
| Quignere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chiniere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kengerey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qenyeres | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiniyara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinajare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khainare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenawere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kingerry | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kinyere
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