Kinyunyi Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kinyunyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinyunyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1591:332,96624,953
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Kinyunyi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kinyunyi is most common in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kinyunyi.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinyunyi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,359,010th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Kinyunyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyunyi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Kinyunyi is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 332,966. In Tanzania Kinyunyi is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 44 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 43 percent live and Pwani Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cinyunyi8828/
Kinyunyo881/
Chinyunyi824/
Chinyuni7515/
Kinyunge751/
Kinjunge631/
Chinehuni591/
Kinjona5333/
Kunjuni536/
Keniuna532/
Kuniuni531/
Kunjunni5040/
Kainjona501/
Kunjunie501/
Quenhuni500/

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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 Kinyunyi
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