Namayi Surname
Approximately 3,346 people bear this surname
Namayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,162 | 1:14,605 | 1,770 |
| Iran | 69 | 1:1,112,790 | 49,471 |
| Uganda | 59 | 1:661,683 | 33,952 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Namayi (415) may also be a first name.
Namayi Demographics
Namayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namayi is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Namayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 134,536th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,177,987 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Namayi reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Namayi is also the 422,034th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 415 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 3,162 people, or 1 in 14,605. In Kenya Namayi is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 77 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 4 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Namayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (98%) 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 Namayi
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