Lunyi Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Lunyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Lunyi (134) may also be a first name.
Lunyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lunyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lunyi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lunyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Lunyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Lunyi is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lunyi reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lunyi is also the 800,975th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 134 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Lunyi is primarily found in: Taraba, where 62 percent are found and Benue, where 35 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Lunyi is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Lunyi
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