Luyanje Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Luyanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 109 | 1:423,669 | 23,058 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Luyanje Demographics
Luyanje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Luyanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luyanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luyanje is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luyanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,710,039th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Luyanje live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 423,669. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 87 percent live, Kakamega County, where 8 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 4 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Luyanje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Luyanje last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
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- 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 Luyanje
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