Odukenya Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Odukenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odukenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1311:352,51820,779
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Odukenya Last Name Facts

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

Odukenya is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odukenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Odukenya is the 1,558,593rd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname Odukenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odukenya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 352,518. In Kenya Odukenya is primarily found in: Busia County, where 96 percent are found, Nairobi 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 is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Odukenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Odukenya surname is principally 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 Odukenya
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