Chenjeni Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chenjeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chenjeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2551:181,09813,605
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chenjeni (13) may also be a first name.

Chenjeni Last Name Facts

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

Chenjeni occurs most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chenjeni? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chenjeni is the 996,001st most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Chenjeni is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chenjeni are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chenjeni is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 13 people.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 181,098. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 75 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 24 percent are found and Nandi County, where 0 percent are found. Other than Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Chenjeni Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Chenjeni last name is primarily 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 Chenjeni
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