Takenya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Takenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Takenya (244) may also be a first name.
Takenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Takenya is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Takenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Takenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Takenya is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Takenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Takenya are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Takenya is also the 571,890th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 244 people.
This last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Apart from The DR Congo it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent reside.
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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 Takenya
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