Kisenya Surname
Approximately 794 people bear this surname
Kisenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 706 | 1:74,988 | 7,799 |
| Kenya | 81 | 1:570,122 | 27,144 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Kişenya (4) are calculated separately.
Kisenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kisenya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Kişenya. Click here for other potential spellings of Kisenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 433,161st most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,178,269 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kisenya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 706 people, or 1 in 74,988. In Tanzania Kisenya is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 57 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 38 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kişenya | 95 | 4 | / |
| Kisienya | 93 | 376 | / |
| Kishenya | 93 | 207 | / |
| Kisenjya | 93 | 8 | / |
| Kishienya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kisenha | 86 | 799 | / |
| Kisenja | 86 | 47 | / |
| Kisinya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kisenia | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kisynya | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kesenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiszenia | 80 | 103 | / |
| Cishenya | 80 | 34 | / |
| Kishinya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kishenia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kisenjja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kissenia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kissenja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chishenya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kisinja | 71 | 556 | / |
| Kisinyo | 71 | 22 | / |
| Chischenya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kizenia | 71 | 7 | / |
| Cisenia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kyshenia | 67 | 415 | / |
| Kyszenia | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kishinja | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kissinja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chesenya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chisenea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chisinya | 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 Kisenya
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