Chegenye Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Chegenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 70 | 1:659,713 | 29,380 |
Chegenye Demographics
Chegenye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chegenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chegenye is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegenye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chegenye are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 659,713. In Kenya Chegenye is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 77 percent live, Kakamega County, where 13 percent live and Bungoma County, where 6 percent live.
Chegenye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chengenyea | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chigeneye | 82 | 6 | / |
| Hegenie | 80 | 21 | / |
| Higenye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hegeney | 80 | 0 | / |
| Chingeneye | 78 | 202 | / |
| Chisenye | 75 | 253 | / |
| Chigenje | 75 | 40 | / |
| Chigenge | 75 | 26 | / |
| Cheginay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cheginee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cigeneye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chingenge | 71 | 500 | / |
| Chingenje | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chingeney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gigenye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshengenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Higeney | 67 | 0 | / |
| Higgenyest | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chegenye
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