Nailenya Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nailenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nailenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania531:998,89845,319
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693

Nailenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nailenya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nailenya.

How Common Is The Last Name Nailenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nailenya is the 2,414,640th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nailenya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 998,898. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 98 percent reside and Manyara Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Nailenya exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nalenya93129/
Ngilenya884/
Ngoilenya82913/
Najilinya822/
Nalinya801,389/
Nalenyo8015/
Nalenja807/
Naggilinya786/
Naalinya7555/
Nnalinya7516/
Ngalenia757/
Ngelenya754/
Nallinya752/
Nalyonya751/
Ngilinya751/
Nnaalinya714/
Ngelenyea711/
Ngelehenya671/
Nalinja671/
Ngalenio631/
Ngelenia631/
Naslinia631/
Nalingia631/
Ngelenja631/
Ngelenija591/

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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 Nailenya
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