Minaywa Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Minaywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Minaywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1491:309,93219,396

Minaywa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Minaywa is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Minaywa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Minaywa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Minaywa is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 309,932. In Kenya Minaywa is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 54 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 41 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent reside.

Minaywa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the 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 Minaywa
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