Cherenje Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Cherenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Cherenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cherenje is found most frequently in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherenje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cherenje live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 782,710. In Kenya Cherenje is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 86 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 7 percent are found and West Pokot County, where 7 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, 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 Cherenje
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