Itenya Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Itenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Itenya 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
Kenya1421:325,21119,938
Tanzania891:594,85037,281
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Itenya Demographics

Itenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 4 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Itenya Last Name Facts

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

Itenya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Itenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Itenya is the 1,058,336th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Itenya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Itenya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 325,211. In Kenya Itenya is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 95 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 3 percent are found and Busia County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 38 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Itenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Itenya last name is chiefly 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
Gitenya92270/
Ithenya9210/
Oitenya921/
Itenyat921/
Githenya861,001/
Itenyo83156/
Etenya8339/
Itenia831/
Jitinya77554/
Itengia7734/
Getenya772/
Gitinya772/
Iteniat771/
Hitinya771/
Histenia711/
Etenia6748/
Itinha671/
Etenyo671/
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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 Itenya
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