Wanyonje Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Wanyonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 67 | 1:689,252 | 29,975 |
Wanyonje (11) may also be a first name.
Wanyonje Demographics
Wanyonje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wanyonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanyonje occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyonje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,333,370th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanyonje are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 689,252. In Kenya Wanyonje is most common in: Kakamega County, where 91 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 6 percent reside and Siaya County, where 1 percent reside.
Wanyonje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing 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
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- 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 Wanyonje
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