Matanyi Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Matanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Matányi (26) are calculated separately.
Matanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matanyi is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Matányi. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Matanyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,047,559th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Matanyi are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 710,460. In Kenya Matanyi is mostly found in: Nandi County, where 86 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 14 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and The United States, 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 Matanyi
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