Mokenye Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mokenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya881:524,77226,127
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Mokenye (10) may also be a first name.

Mokenye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mokenye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mokenye is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokenye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,918,812th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokenye reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Mokenye is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 10 people.

Mokenye is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya it is most common in: Kisii County, where 88 percent live, Migori County, where 10 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Beside Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Mokenye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily 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
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  • 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 Mokenye
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