Shisanya Surname

377,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 946 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Shisanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shisanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9401:49,1285,013
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shisanya (108) may also be a first name.

Shisanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shisanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shisanya is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shisanya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shisanya is the 377,677th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,703,537 people. The surname Shisanya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shisanya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Shisanya is also the 904,892nd most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 108 people.

Shisanya is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 940 people, or 1 in 49,128. In Kenya Shisanya is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 56 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 24 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Shisanya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Shisanya last name 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
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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 Shisanya
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