Mbekenya Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Mbekenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mbekenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbekenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbekenya is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbekenya? popularity and diffusion
Mbekenya is the 2,605,694th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbekenya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mbekenya is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Nakuru County, where 89 percent live, Muranga County, where 7 percent live and Embu County, where 2 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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 Mbekenya
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