Rukenya Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Rukenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 245 | 1:188,489 | 14,045 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rukenya (74) may also be a first name.
Rukenya Demographics
Rukenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Rukenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rukenya (Hindi: रूकेंया) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rukenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,006,539th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name Rukenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Rukenya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Rukenya is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 74 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 188,489. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kirinyaga County, where 78 percent reside, Muranga County, where 15 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Rukenya exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
Rukenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Rukenya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rukenya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rukenya in the Hindi language | ||
| रूकेंया | rukenya | 66.67 |
| रुकइयां | ruka'iyam | 33.33 |
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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 Rukenya
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