Kenan Forename
7,195th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 145,496 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey
Kenan Forename Definition:
Ke'-nan. 1 Chron. i. 2. Otherwise Cainan. Gen. v. 9.
Kenan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100% | 123,540 | 1:630 | 108 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 3,891 | 1:2,478 | 516 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,972 | 1:49,025 | 1,435 |
| United States | 92% | 1,884 | 1:192,429 | 6,954 |
| Russia | 100% | 1,230 | 1:117,263 | 2,127 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 959 | 1:55,045 | 3,875 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 871 | 1:296,170 | 25,858 |
| Kosovo | - | 661 | 1:2,816 | 598 |
| Malawi | 100% | 592 | 1:28,906 | 2,310 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 577 | 1:6,108 | 940 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 573 | 1:12,200 | 1,142 |
| Zambia | - | 564 | 1:28,111 | 2,160 |
| Sweden | 99% | 485 | 1:20,326 | 1,418 |
| France | 100% | 451 | 1:147,384 | 2,752 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 420 | 1:422,772 | 14,028 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 384 | 1:5,445 | 916 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 372 | 1:45,436 | 3,217 |
| England | 100% | 355 | 1:156,628 | 5,045 |
| Austria | 100% | 318 | 1:26,774 | 1,087 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 303 | 1:8,115 | 806 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Uganda | 100% | 272 | 1:150,577 | 5,862 |
| Belgium | 100% | 266 | 1:43,196 | 2,276 |
| Kenya | 100% | 265 | 1:174,744 | 7,448 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 247 | 1:1,288 | 305 |
| Philippines | 98% | 215 | 1:493,067 | 16,543 |
| Denmark | - | 210 | 1:26,902 | 1,381 |
| Serbia | 100% | 209 | 1:34,190 | 1,687 |
| Taiwan | 91% | 192 | 1:123,800 | 13,530 |
| India | 88% | 191 | 1:6,360,618 | 223,893 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51% | 164 | 1:49,709 | 4,810 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Canada | 100% | 151 | 1:219,426 | 8,061 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 149 | 1:55,124 | 2,314 |
| Georgia | 99% | 140 | 1:26,703 | 1,672 |
| Ivory Coast | 88% | 140 | 1:164,828 | 8,664 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| Greece | 100% | 111 | 1:98,509 | 2,672 |
| Brazil | - | 107 | 1:2,002,207 | 42,180 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 84 | 1:211,272 | 4,602 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 80 | 1:68,411 | 912 |
| Haiti | 100% | 79 | 1:135,784 | 6,914 |
| Romania | 100% | 73 | 1:274,685 | 8,750 |
| South Africa | 97% | 70 | 1:779,038 | 32,293 |
| Croatia | 100% | 66 | 1:63,895 | 1,964 |
| Norway | 100% | 66 | 1:77,763 | 2,775 |
| Thailand | 100% | 65 | 1:1,077,936 | 38,180 |
| Spain | 100% | 63 | 1:738,571 | 7,609 |
| Syria | - | 58 | 1:332,863 | 2,609 |
| Iraq | - | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Australia | - | 45 | 1:303,503 | 6,091 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 44 | 1:350,541 | 17,863 |
| Israel | 92% | 42 | 1:200,069 | 6,201 |
| China | - | 41 | 1:33,318,434 | 61,276 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 39 | 1:183,384 | 11,968 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 37 | 1:17,151 | 1,422 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Finland | 84% | 29 | 1:189,075 | 3,312 |
| Malaysia | 63% | 27 | 1:1,127,776 | 38,447 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 22 | 1:1,482,887 | 15,223 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 19 | 1:71,654 | 5,624 |
| Belarus | 100% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Ireland | 67% | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Congo | 100% | 13 | 1:385,323 | 7,484 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Italy | 99% | 11 | 1:5,551,099 | 24,143 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 9 | 1:663,697 | 17,951 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Jordan | - | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Mexico | 100% | 8 | 1:15,518,053 | 39,880 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| Singapore | 100% | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Liberia | 75% | 4 | 1:1,103,015 | 25,024 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Nepal | 75% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Poland | 75% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Benin | 100% | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Oman | 100% | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Kénan (7) & Kènan (1) are calculated separately.
Kenan (6,615) may also be a surname.
Kenan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ke'-nan. 1 Chron. i. 2. Otherwise Cainan. Gen. v. 9.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: their smith (fabricator).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Kenan Forename Popularity
Kenan Demographics
Kenan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 109 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenan in the Russian language | ||
| Кенан | kenan | - |
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