Nyona Surname
Approximately 465 people bear this surname
Nyona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 365 | 1:126,520 | 10,465 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nyona (150) may also be a first name.
Nyona Demographics
Nyona Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyona is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyona is the 650,013th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. The last name Nyona is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nyona reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 752,187th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 150 people.
The last name Nyona is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 126,520. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 94 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 2 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Nyona exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Nyona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nyona
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