🌍 How Rare Are You in Kenya?
👥
56M
Population
👁️
98%
Dark Brown Eyes (Most Common)
📏
169
Avg Male Height (cm)
🩸
44%
O+ Blood (Most Common)
🇰🇪 Genetic Landscape of Kenya
Kenya's genetic landscape reflects the Great Rift Valley's role as a corridor of human migration. The country is home to Bantu, Nilotic, and Cushitic peoples who arrived via different migration routes over millennia. The Kalenjin people of the Rift Valley highlands produce a disproportionate number of world-class distance runners — a phenomenon linked to specific genetic variants affecting red blood cell production and leg proportions. Kenya's 47 tribes create remarkable genetic diversity within a single country.
👁️ Eye Color
| Dark Brown | 98% |
| Brown | 1.5% |
| Other | 0.5% |
💇 Hair Color
| Black | 99% |
| Other | 1% |
🩸 Blood Type
| O+ | 44% |
| A+ | 20% |
| B+ | 22% |
| AB+ | 4% |
| O- | 5% |
| A- | 2% |
| B- | 2% |
| AB- | 1% |
⭐ Rare Facts About Kenya
⭐The Kalenjin carry genetic variants linked to elite endurance running
⭐Kenya has 47 distinct tribal groups with different genetic origins
⭐The Maasai people maintain distinct Nilotic genetic markers
⭐Sickle cell trait is found in ~20% of the coastal population
⭐B blood type (~24%) is higher than most European countries