Ilamwenya Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ilamwenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ilamwenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3171:145,67811,680

Ilamwenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ilamwenya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ilamwenya? popularity and diffusion

Ilamwenya is the 858,879th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ilamwenya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Ilamwenya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 145,678. In Kenya Ilamwenya is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 58 percent live, Vihiga County, where 38 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live.

Ilamwenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Ilamwenya last name is chiefly 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
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  • 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 Ilamwenya
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