Kinyisi Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kinyisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinyisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3681:143,86313,168
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Kinyisi Last Name Facts

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

Kinyisi is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinyisi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 770,644th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name Kinyisi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyisi are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Kinyisi is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 143,863. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 57 percent live, Manyara Region, where 29 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinyigi862/
Kinyiji861/
Kinyidji801/
Kinyesa71110/
Kingesi7173/
Kunyesi7115/
Kinyezi7110/
Kiniize716/
Kinyese711/
Kinjigi711/
Kuniishi6767/
Chinyise6738/
Kenhishi671/
Kunjishi671/
Khenyisa671/

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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 Kinyisi
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