Niyonsenga Surname
Approximately 24,929 people bear this surname
Niyonsenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 23,876 | 1:476 | 94 |
| Uganda | 789 | 1:49,479 | 6,009 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Burundi | 25 | 1:392,194 | 499 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Niyonsenga (2,814) may also be a first name.
Niyonsenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niyonsenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niyonsenga is borne by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niyonsenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,811th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 292,332 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Niyonsenga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Niyonsenga is also the 137,436th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 2,814 people.
The last name Niyonsenga is most widespread in Rwanda, where it is carried by 23,876 people, or 1 in 476. Aside from Rwanda Niyonsenga occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niyonshenga | 95 | 1 | / |
| Niyonzenga | 90 | 4 | / |
| Niyonsenge | 90 | 2 | / |
| Niyonsinga | 90 | 1 | / |
| Niyonsengo | 90 | 1 | / |
| Niyensenga | 90 | 1 | / |
| Neyonsenga | 90 | 1 | / |
| Nyensenga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nyinsenga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Niyonzina | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nyenzenga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nyensinga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Niengina | 67 | 34 | / |
| Nyensina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niyanzina | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ngenzenga | 63 | 1 | / |
| Naynsinger | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nainsinger | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nyianshina | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nyingina | 56 | 1 | / |
| Nyengeno | 56 | 1 | / |
| Nhingina | 56 | 1 | / |
| Nyenzingo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Njenjengo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nujansina | 53 | 1 | / |
| Neunsinger | 50 | 239 | / |
| Neacenseno | 50 | 1 | / |
| Neinzinger | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Niyonsenga
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