Nankinyi Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nankinyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nankinyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nankinyi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nankinyi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nankinyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nankinyi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Nankinyi is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kajiado County, where 90 percent are found and Makueni County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 percent are found.

Nankinyi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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 Nankinyi
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