Nyantenga Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyantenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nyantenga 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
Kenya1031:448,34923,733
Zambia321:495,31022,215
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Nyantenga Demographics

Nyantenga Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 5 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Nyantenga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyantenga is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nyantenga.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyantenga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,527,735th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname Nyantenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyantenga reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 38 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Nyantenga is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 448,349. In Kenya it is most common in: Kisii County, where 50 percent live, Nyamira County, where 48 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Nyantenga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Nyantenga surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Nyanteng'a9537/
Nyantinga895/
Nyantiena894/
Nyamtenga893/
Nyantengye843/
Nyanting'a842/
Nyamtena821/
Nyantina821/
Nyamtengo781/
Nyanthingo741/
Nyantino7145/
Njontina591/
Gnontenou567/
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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 Nyantenga
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