Nyegenye Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Nyegenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 227 | 1:171,979 | 14,553 |
| Kenya | 166 | 1:278,192 | 18,180 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nyegenye (186) may also be a first name.
Nyegenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyegenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyegenye is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyegenye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyegenye is the 734,496th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyegenye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 186 people.
The surname Nyegenye is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 171,979. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Busia District, where 49 percent are found, Namayingo District, where 19 percent are found and Bugiri District, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Nyegenye exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 42 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nyegenye
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