Khalenya Surname
Approximately 798 people bear this surname
Khalenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 798 | 1:57,870 | 5,721 |
Khalenya (71) may also be a first name.
Khalenya Demographics
Khalenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Khalenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khalenya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Khalenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 431,494th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 9,132,263 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Khalenya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Khalenya is also the 1,152,838th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 71 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 798 people, or 1 in 57,870. In Kenya Khalenya is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 75 percent live, Nairobi County, where 13 percent live and Vihiga County, where 10 percent live.
Khalenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Khalenya surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalenya | 93 | 154 | / |
| Chalenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Khalenia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kalenja | 80 | 29 | / |
| Kalinya | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kolenya | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kalenha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kalenia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Halenha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khaleiniad | 78 | 9 | / |
| Haleinia | 75 | 19 | / |
| Chalinya | 75 | 15 | / |
| Kalenjia | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kalainya | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kailinya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khalinia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kalenjay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kolesnya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khalajnia | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kalenyoyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Halinyath | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haleynjad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaleinjad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Holenia | 67 | 470 | / |
| Kalinyo | 67 | 47 | / |
| Kalinia | 67 | 21 | / |
| Calenia | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kalinja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kolenyo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kolenia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haligna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Halinia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalinea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalenjo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Khalenya
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