Nyangena Surname

141,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyangena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3,1151:14,8251,795
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyangena (835) may also be a first name.

Nyangena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyangena has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nyangena click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangena? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 141,236th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,309,108 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyangena live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nyangena is also the 282,586th most prevalent forename globally It is held by 835 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 3,115 people, or 1 in 14,825. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 43 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 34 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.

Nyangena Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Nyangena surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Nyangena earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.02% less than the national average, earning $29,765 USD per year.

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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 Nyangena
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