Nyinya Surname
Approximately 810 people bear this surname
Nyinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 675 | 1:262,434 | 15,045 |
| Zimbabwe | 90 | 1:171,536 | 20,949 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nyinya (53) may also be a first name.
Nyinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyinya is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyinya? popularity and diffusion
Nyinya is the 426,610th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,996,970 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyinya reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 53 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 675 people, or 1 in 262,434. In Nigeria Nyinya is most prevalent in: Benue, where 89 percent reside, Taraba, where 6 percent reside and Plateau, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Nyinya is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyinyat | 92 | 5 | / |
| Nyenya | 83 | 659 | / |
| Nyinyo | 83 | 91 | / |
| Njinya | 83 | 57 | / |
| Nyinja | 83 | 25 | / |
| Nyigna | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyienaiya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Njinyah | 77 | 19 | / |
| Njionya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nyinyos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyennya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njienya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngienya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyimgnia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnyennya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngenya | 67 | 550 | / |
| Nyenyo | 67 | 345 | / |
| Nyenja | 67 | 215 | / |
| Njinja | 67 | 104 | / |
| Nyinjo | 67 | 53 | / |
| Njigna | 67 | 47 | / |
| Njinea | 67 | 25 | / |
| Njenya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Neinha | 67 | 11 | / |
| Njinia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nhinha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Njinyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyenia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyenea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nhenya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nienia | 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 Nyinya
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