Kighenda Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Kighenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 155 | 1:297,935 | 18,952 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
Kighenda Demographics
Kighenda Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kighenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kighenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kighenda occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kighenda.
How Common Is The Last Name Kighenda? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kighenda is the 1,315,412th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kighenda live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kighenda is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 297,935. In Kenya Kighenda is primarily concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 99 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 percent are found.
Kighenda Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the 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
- 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 Kighenda
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