Mikinya Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mikinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mikinya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya121:3,848,32540,366
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mikinya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mikinya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mikinya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mikinya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mikinya is the 5,391,485th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Mikinya is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mikinya live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,848,325. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nakuru County, where 75 percent live, Kiambu County, where 8 percent live and Muranga County, where 8 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mikenya8661/
Mikinia866/
Mikinyo861/
Mikinja861/
Mikhenya8018/
Mikienia805/
Maikenya801/
Mekenya71215/
Mikegna7114/
Mukinia711/
Mikenia711/
Mikunia711/
Micuinha6713/
Mugqinya672/
Meskinia672/
Mukeenya671/
Mukhunya671/
Mikinhou671/
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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 Mikinya
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