Lunyagi Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lunyagi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lunyagi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2131:216,80715,399
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Lunyagi Demographics

Lunyagi Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Lunyagi Last Name Facts

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

Lunyagi is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lunyagi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lunyagi is the 1,125,333rd most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lunyagi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 216,807. In Kenya Lunyagi is primarily concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 70 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 23 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 4 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Lunyagi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Lunyagi surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lunyangi932/
Lunyaji8674/
Lunyange8037/
Lunyachi806/
Lumnyasi805/
Luniangi801/
Lunyase71192/
Luniasi715/
Lunyozi714/
Lunyaje711/
Luniasih679/
Lunyonge671/
Luniaza5727/
Loungnosith561/
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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 Lunyagi
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