Chenangat Surname

60,739th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chenangat Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a name given to a child born before bedtime.

Chenangat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7,3841:6,254853
Uganda9041:43,1855,429
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Chenangat (1,051) may also be a first name.

Chenangat Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a name given to a child born before bedtime.

- knaibei

Chenangat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chenangat is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chenangat? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 60,739th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 879,183 people. The last name Chenangat occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chenangat reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chenangat is also the 246,979th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,051 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 7,384 people, or 1 in 6,254. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 97 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 2 percent are found and Baringo County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent are found and Qatar, where 0 percent are found.

Chenangat Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Chenangat surname is predominantly 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
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  • 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 Chenangat
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