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
Nyinya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyinya? popularity and diffusion
Nyinya is the 426,610th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 8,996,970 people. The surname Nyinya 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 frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 53 people.
Nyinya is most commonly used 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 live, Taraba, where 6 percent live and Plateau, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
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
- 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 Nyinya
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