Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom has been occurring for many decades. As a result, many people in the UK were born in Kenya, or have Kenyan ancestry. The majority of Kenya-born people who migrated to the UK are of South Asian extraction.
Background Most Kenyans in the UK are ethnically South Asian Kenyans who, like those in Uganda, were expelled during the late 1960s and early 1970s. This community has a substantial cluster in Leicester and London. The most recent growth may now be coming from ethnically African Kenyans, mirroring wider trends across the continent of economic migration to the richer industrialised nations. There are also a small number of Kenyan-born people who are the children of British civil servants based there before the end of the Empire.
Demographics
The 2001 UK Census recorded 129,633 Kenyan-born British residents. The 2011 census recorded 135,966 Kenyan-born people resident in England, 1,526 in Wales, 2,743 in Scotland and 301 in Northern Ireland, making a UK total of 140,536. The equivalent UK figure in 2019 has been estimated at 121,000 by the Office for National Statistics.
The largest proportion of Kenyan-born British residents are found in the capital, London, where around half of the Kenyan-born population in Britain resides. There are also significant populations in the South East and the East Midlands. +Religion of Kenyan Born - England and WalesReligionCensus 2021Number% Hinduism46,66434.6% Christianity33,81525.1% Islam17,84813.2% Sikhism13,3189.9%No Religion8,9246.6%Other Religions8,5346.3% Buddhism2060.2% Judaism1030.1%Not Stated5,5334.1%Total134,945100%
Famous Britons born in Kenya Academia, medicine and science Richard Dawkins, ethologist, biologist, writer Azim Nanji, academic Alan Rayner, biologist Sir Nilesh Samani, physician Sir Tejinder Virdee, physicist
Business, law and politics Michael Bear, former Lord Mayor of London Peter Hain, former Labour MP, cabinet minister and currently member of the House of Lords Baroness Prashar, businesswoman Lord Sheikh, businessman, Conservative politician
Music and the arts Khadambi Asalache, poet Kamara Bacchus, actress Kuljit Bhamra, musician Gurinder Chadha, film director Nitin Ganatra, actor Kulvinder Ghir, comedian Tania Harcourt-Cooze, model and actress Elspeth Huxley, author, journalist, broadcaster Viram Jasani, musician Michael Kuhn, film producer Charles Mnene, actor Dev Patel, actor Deep Roy, actor, stuntman Roger Whittaker, musician Imran Yusuf, comedian Adrian Zagoritis, music producer and songwriter
Sport Roger Chapman, golfer Jamie Dalrymple, cricketer Chris Froome, racing cyclist Rajesh Maru, cricketer Derek Pringle, cricketer Peter Thackeray, cricketer Curtis Osano, footballer Victor Wanyama, footballer Simon Shaw, rugby union player Anne Wafula Strike, wheelchair racing
See also
Black British British Mixed British African-Caribbean community Kenya–United Kingdom relations Kenyan Australians Kenyan Americans
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