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 last name Okinyi has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. 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 commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 444,552 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okinyi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 115,525th most common forename on earth It is held by 3,718 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 16,103 people, or 1 in 2,868. In Kenya Okinyi is most frequent in: Migori County, where 42 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 31 percent are found and Nyamira County, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya Okinyi is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Okinyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Okinyi last name is predominantly 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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