Wangenyi Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Wangenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 76 | 1:607,630 | 28,249 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wangenyi Demographics
Wangenyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangenyi has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangenyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,106,139th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Wangenyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangenyi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Wangenyi is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 607,630. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Migori County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Wangenyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wangenyi surname is predominantly 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 Wangenyi
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