Nanteya Surname

857,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nanteya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanteya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3151:146,60311,727
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nanteya (170) may also be a first name.

Nanteya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanteya is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nanteya.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanteya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nanteya is the 857,026th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname Nanteya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanteya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nanteya is also the 701,320th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 170 people.

This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 146,603. In Kenya Nanteya is mostly concentrated in: Narok County, where 95 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 3 percent reside and Bomet County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Nanteya is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Nanteya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nanteya last name 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 Nanteya
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