Kitenye Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Kitenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 38 | 1:1,215,261 | 35,116 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kitenye (55) may also be a first name.
Kitenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitenye is found most frequently in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitenye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Kitenye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitenye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 55 people.
The surname Kitenye is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,215,261. In Kenya Kitenye is most common in: Makueni County, where 89 percent are found and Machakos County, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitienye | 93 | 5 | / |
| Kitenge | 86 | 92,256 | / |
| Kitinye | 86 | 46 | / |
| Kitenje | 86 | 16 | / |
| Ketenye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kaitenge | 80 | 367 | / |
| Kithenge | 80 | 32 | / |
| Ketienye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kittenge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kitengee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kitengae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiteniya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kitengeja | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kitenggie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ketenge | 71 | 392 | / |
| Citenge | 71 | 117 | / |
| Kisteneich | 71 | 48 | / |
| Kitenja | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kitenou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kittengeja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keteney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitenji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kahaitenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chitenje | 67 | 3,127 | / |
| Kitiniya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kitengai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kesteney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kittinee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kithenji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitenout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitinaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketteney | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kettenay | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kitenye
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