Nimenya Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burundi
Highest density in:
Burundi

Nimenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nimenya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burundi91:1,089,428846
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Nimenya (13) may also be a first name.

Nimenya Last Name Facts

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

Nimenya (Russian: Нименья) occurs in Burundi more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nimenya? popularity and diffusion

Nimenya is the 3,602,217th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Nimenya reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nimenya is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most widespread in Burundi, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,089,428. Barring Burundi this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nimenyo862/
Nemenya861/
Ngemenya8013/
Naimenia801/
Nyomenya801/
Nimenio7111/
Neminya717/
Niminyo717/
Gnemegna6724/
Neminyah6710/
Nemeanja671/
Najminya671/
Nimeño621/
Nemenio57950/
Niminio574/
Nemeneo571/
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Nimenya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nimenya in the Russian language
Нименьяnimena-

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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 Nimenya
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