Rinye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Rinye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Rinye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rinye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rinye is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Rinye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rinye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Rinye reside; 45 percent reside in East Africa and 45 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Rinye is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyeri County, where 80 percent reside and Laikipia County, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Rinye
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