Olenyo Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Olenyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 385 | 1:119,948 | 10,045 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olenyo (81) may also be a first name.
Olenyo Demographics
Olenyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Olenyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olenyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olenyo is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olenyo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 695,980th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olenyo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Olenyo is also the 1,068,082nd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 81 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 119,948. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 32 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 25 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Olenyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (92%) 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 Olenyo
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