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 can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangenyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangenyi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 607,630. In Kenya Wangenyi is most numerous in: Migori County, where 100 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Wangenyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the 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 Wangenyi
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