Isenye Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Isenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Isenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Isenye (62) may also be a first name.

Isenye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Isenye is found most in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Isenye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Isenye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Isenye reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 62 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 6,597,129. In Kenya Isenye is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 57 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 14 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 14 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.

Isenye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Isenye surname 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
  • 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 Isenye
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