Oyenje Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Oyenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Oyenje (19) may also be a first name.
Oyenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyenje occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyenje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Oyenje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyenje live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oyenje is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 19 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 3,848,325. In Kenya it is most common in: Siaya County, where 75 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 8 percent are found and Machakos County, where 8 percent are found. Other than Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Oyenje
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