Mukinya Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mukinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mukinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1141:405,08722,588
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mukinya (88) may also be a first name.

Mukinya Last Name Facts

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

Mukinya occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mukinya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mukinya is the 1,565,797th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mukinya live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 88 people.

The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 405,087. In Kenya Mukinya is primarily found in: Kitui County, where 73 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 8 percent reside and Makueni County, where 8 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mukhinya935/
Mukenya861,518/
Mukinyo86142/
Mucinya8628/
Mukinia861/
Muskinja8015/
Muskinia808/
Mugqinya802/
Mukeenya801/
Moukigna801/
Maukinja801/
Mokhinya801/
Mokenya7158/
Mukenia7122/
Mokinyo7120/
Mucenya711/
Muchinja67297/
Muchinia6774/
Mugqenya671/
Mukengea671/
Mauchigna6312/
Mucheenya631/
Mokenyo57124/
Muchenja5353/
Muchinjo5319/
Muquinho536/
Muchinio531/
Mouquinho50163/
Muchinijo5014/

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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 Mukinya
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