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 surname Mbekenya is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbekenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbekenya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mbekenya is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya Mbekenya is most prevalent in: Nakuru County, where 89 percent reside, Muranga County, where 7 percent reside and Embu County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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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