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.

DNA test information

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 surname Nyantenga is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyantenga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,527,735th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyantenga live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 448,349. In Kenya Nyantenga is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 50 percent live, Nyamira County, where 48 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya Nyantenga is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 24 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Nyantenga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly 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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