Shenya Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Shenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 128 | 1:413,606 | 29,126 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shenya (1,999) may also be a first name.
Shenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shenya (Marathi: शेन्या, Russian: Шеня) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,076,574th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. The surname Shenya is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Shenya live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 169,069th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 1,999 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania Shenya is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 82 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 7 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shenya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shenya in the Marathi language | ||
| शेन्या | sen'ya | 68.24 |
| शेण्या | senya | 31.76 |
| Shenya in the Russian language | ||
| Шеня | sena | - |
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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 Shenya
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