Nanyanya Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nanyanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanyanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907

Nanyanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanyanya occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nanyanya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanyanya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Nanyanya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanyanya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Nanyanya is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 67 percent live, Bungoma County, where 17 percent live and Nairobi County, where 17 percent live.

Nanyanya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly 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
  • 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 Nanyanya
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