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 occurs most in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luyanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,710,039th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Luyanje reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Luyanje is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 423,669. In Kenya Luyanje is most common in: Vihiga County, where 87 percent live, Kakamega County, where 8 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 4 percent live. Besides Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Luyanje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally 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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