Sawenja Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Sawenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 362 | 1:127,569 | 10,522 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
Sawenja Demographics
Sawenja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sawenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawenja is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawenja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 739,868th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. Sawenja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawenja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Sawenja is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 362 people, or 1 in 127,569. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 64 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 33 percent reside and Busia County, where 1 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent reside.
Sawenja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence 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
- 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 Sawenja
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