Okenyuri Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Okenyuri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okenyuri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2581:178,99213,473
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okenyuri (788) may also be a first name.

Okenyuri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okenyuri is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okenyuri? popularity and diffusion

Okenyuri is the 988,329th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okenyuri are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 291,981st most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 788 people.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 178,992. In Kenya Okenyuri is most common in: Kisii County, where 60 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 38 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Okenyuri Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name 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
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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 Okenyuri
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