Okinyi Surname
Approximately 16,393 people bear this surname
Okinyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 16,103 | 1:2,868 | 453 |
| Tanzania | 201 | 1:263,391 | 21,014 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Okinyi (3,718) may also be a first name.
Okinyi Demographics
Okinyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okinyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okinyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okinyi is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okinyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 32,476th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 444,552 people. The surname Okinyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okinyi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 115,525th most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 3,718 people.
The surname Okinyi is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 16,103 people, or 1 in 2,868. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Migori County, where 42 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 31 percent live and Nyamira County, where 7 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Okinyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally 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 Okinyi
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