Githenya Surname

361,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Githenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Githenya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9981:46,2724,775
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Githenya (89) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Githenya Demographics

Githenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 13 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Githenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Githenya is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Githenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Githenya is the 361,434th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,280,266 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Githenya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Githenya is also the 1,011,231st most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 89 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 998 people, or 1 in 46,272. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nyeri County, where 22 percent reside, Muranga County, where 12 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Besides Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.

Githenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Githenya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gitenya93270/
Ithenya9310/
Itenya86236/
Getenya802/
Gitinya802/
Oitenya801/
Itenyat801/
Sitenya801/
Githinja756/
Githinia751/
Itenyo71156/
Etenya7139/
Chaitenya713/
Githinjia711/
Itenia711/
Jitinya67554/
Ethenyo671/
Iteniat671/
Sitenia671/
Hitinya671/
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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 Githenya
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