Gichenje Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gichenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gichenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gichenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gichenje occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gichenje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gichenje? popularity and diffusion
Gichenje is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Gichenje is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gichenje live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Gichenje is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya Gichenje is mostly concentrated in: Laikipia County, where 50 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 13 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 13 percent reside. Other than Kenya Gichenje exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Gichenje
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