Yeneya Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Yeneya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Yeneya (24) may also be a first name.
Yeneya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeneya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeneya is found most in Malawi. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeneya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,453,389th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. Yeneya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yeneya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Yeneya is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 24 people.
It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
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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 Yeneya
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