Zinyanya Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Zinyanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Zinyanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zinyanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zinyanya is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zinyanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zinyanya is the 2,661,929th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Zinyanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Zinyanya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 321,630. In Zimbabwe Zinyanya is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 60 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 21 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Zinyanya
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