Khwenya Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Khwenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Khwenya 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
Kenya641:721,56130,456
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Khwenya Last Name Facts

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

Khwenya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Khwenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,372,517th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Khwenya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 721,561. In Kenya Khwenya is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 100 percent live. Excluding Kenya it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live.

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
Khwinya861/
Khwenye861/
Khuenya861/
Qhwanya7111/
Khwanja714/
Khvynya711/
Khwenge711/
Khwanjai6759/
Khuenjai672/
Kvenia621/
Khvingia53340/
Khwaniji531/
Khwanjui531/
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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 Khwenya
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