Nyenja Surname
1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania
Nyenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 215 | 1:246,240 | 19,907 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyenje | 83 | 3,725 | / |
| Nyenya | 83 | 659 | / |
| Ngenja | 83 | 39 | / |
| Nyinja | 83 | 25 | / |
| Njenja | 83 | 21 | / |
| Nyenji | 83 | 14 | / |
| Neanja | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nyenea | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nyenia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nawenja | 77 | 269 | / |
| Nhyenje | 77 | 260 | / |
| Nyenjje | 77 | 17 | / |
| Nayunja | 77 | 11 | / |
| Nnyenje | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nayanja | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nayonja | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nyencha | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nyengna | 77 | 2 | / |
| Neyonja | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nayenjo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyenjeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyennya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyengia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyenjou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyenhai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njenjat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njjenja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngenjea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nayinja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nawenjja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Naweenja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nnawenja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnyennya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njienjia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njienjap | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nayanjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyenye | 67 | 2,471 | / |
| Njenje | 67 | 2,071 | / |
| Nyenge | 67 | 1,889 | / |
| Nyinya | 67 | 810 | / |
| Ngenje | 67 | 789 | / |
| Ngenjo | 67 | 585 | / |
| Nyenyo | 67 | 345 | / |
| Njenji | 67 | 206 | / |
| Njenia | 67 | 142 | / |
| Ngenia | 67 | 112 | / |
| Njinja | 67 | 104 | / |
| Ngenji | 67 | 92 | / |
| Nyinji | 67 | 69 | / |
| Nyinjo | 67 | 53 | / |
| Nhenje | 67 | 37 | / |
| Gnegna | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nounja | 67 | 22 | / |
| Neinha | 67 | 11 | / |
| Neenia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Naynia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Njenjo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Naygna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nhenji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Neanea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gnenje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nhenha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nienia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyienaiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niyanijay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nienje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nienjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyinje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyigna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nainja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neinea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naynha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyenja
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis