Sawenja Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sawenja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawenja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3621:127,56910,522
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673

Sawenja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sawenja is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawenja? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 739,868th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sawenja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 362 people, or 1 in 127,569. In Kenya Sawenja is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 64 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 33 percent reside and Busia County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside.

Sawenja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sawenja surname is chiefly 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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