Kinyi Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Kinyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kinyi (54) may also be a first name.
Kinyi Demographics
Kinyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kinyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kinyi (Hindi: किनयी) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyi are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 54 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 1,924,162. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 38 percent are found, Muranga County, where 17 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 43 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.
Kinyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kinyi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kinyi in the Hindi language | ||
| किनयी | kinayi | - |
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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 Kinyi
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