Lamwenya Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Lamwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 116 | 1:398,103 | 22,333 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lamwenya Demographics
Lamwenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lamwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lamwenya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamwenya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,683,218th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lamwenya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Lamwenya is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 398,103. In Kenya Lamwenya is most common in: Vihiga County, where 93 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 3 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Lamwenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying 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 Lamwenya
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