Nameyan Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Nameyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 311 | 1:148,488 | 11,824 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nameyan (15) may also be a first name.
Nameyan Demographics
Nameyan Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nameyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nameyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nameyan occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nameyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 864,701st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nameyan live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nameyan is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name in the world, held by 15 people.
The surname Nameyan is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 148,488. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Turkana County, where 97 percent are found, Samburu County, where 1 percent are found and Baringo County, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Nameyan is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Nameyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Nameyan 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 Nameyan
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