Nyaenya Surname
Approximately 844 people bear this surname
Nyaenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 838 | 1:55,107 | 5,506 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nyaenya (86) may also be a first name.
Nyaenya Demographics
Nyaenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyaenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyaenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyaenya is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyaenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyaenya is the 412,986th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,634,533 people. Nyaenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyaenya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nyaenya is also the 1,032,266th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 86 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 838 people, or 1 in 55,107. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyamira County, where 52 percent reside, Kisii County, where 27 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Other than Kenya Nyaenya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
Nyaenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nyaenya last name is predominantly 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 Nyaenya
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