Wanyinya Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wanyinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Wanyinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanyinya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wanyinya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyinya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyinya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 90 percent reside and Taita Taveta County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Kenya Wanyinya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 24 percent reside and Uganda, 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
- 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 Wanyinya
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