Mainye Surname
Approximately 1,018 people bear this surname
Mainye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,011 | 1:45,677 | 4,727 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mainye (179) may also be a first name.
Mainye Demographics
Mainye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mainye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mainye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mainye is most common in Kenya. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mainye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 356,707th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,158,690 people. The surname Mainye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mainye are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 681,368th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 179 people.
Mainye is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,011 people, or 1 in 45,677. In Kenya Mainye is primarily concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 66 percent are found, Kisii County, where 16 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
Mainye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mainye last name 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
- 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 Mainye
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