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 held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okinyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okinyi is the 32,476th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 444,552 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okinyi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okinyi is also the 115,525th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 3,718 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 16,103 people, or 1 in 2,868. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Migori County, where 42 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 31 percent reside and Nyamira County, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Okinyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname 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 Okinyi
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