Wanyenji Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wanyenji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wanyenji Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1011:457,22724,042
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Wanyenji Demographics

Wanyenji Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Wanyenji Last Name Facts

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

Wanyenji is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wanyenji click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanyenji? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wanyenji is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Wanyenji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyenji live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 457,227. In Kenya Wanyenji is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 97 percent are found, Bomet County, where 1 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 1 percent are found.

Wanyenji Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Wanyenji surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanyenje8813/
Wanyenja881/
Yenji7780/
Wanyenya755,485/
Wanyenye7520/
Wanjenje751/
Wongenji751/
Wanjenja751/
Yenjai711,575/
Yenjit71259/
Yenjie711/
Yenjei711/
Enji67413/
Yenjitt671/
Yenijai671/
Yemnjih671/
Wahanyenye671/
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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 Wanyenji
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