Kenya Forename
24,235th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 35,929 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands
Kenya Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88% | 20,703 | 1:17,511 | 1,512 |
| Japan | 100% | 4,984 | 1:25,679 | 1,937 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,724 | 1:78,648 | 4,765 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2,352 | 1:52,782 | 1,922 |
| Ecuador | - | 973 | 1:18,219 | 1,110 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 718 | 1:42,064 | 2,659 |
| Honduras | 100% | 343 | 1:25,707 | 1,630 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 334 | 1:31,231 | 2,500 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 319 | 1:18,866 | 1,475 |
| India | 62% | 237 | 1:5,126,067 | 194,355 |
| Panama | 100% | 182 | 1:21,465 | 2,072 |
| Spain | 100% | 141 | 1:330,000 | 5,201 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 134 | 1:35,582 | 1,850 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 134 | 1:115,103 | 8,051 |
| El Salvador | - | 130 | 1:48,783 | 1,569 |
| Russia | 68% | 123 | 1:1,172,632 | 9,525 |
| Kenya | 85% | 117 | 1:395,787 | 12,174 |
| DR Congo | 81% | 110 | 1:671,160 | 22,021 |
| Philippines | 88% | 66 | 1:1,606,204 | 37,927 |
| Haiti | 100% | 65 | 1:165,030 | 7,872 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 64 | 1:4,030,682 | 170,140 |
| Chile | 100% | 63 | 1:279,479 | 4,392 |
| Canada | 75% | 59 | 1:561,583 | 14,151 |
| England | 89% | 56 | 1:992,909 | 16,559 |
| Peru | 100% | 56 | 1:567,705 | 9,632 |
| Colombia | 100% | 55 | 1:868,708 | 10,541 |
| Jamaica | - | 48 | 1:60,067 | 3,154 |
| Nigeria | 82% | 48 | 1:3,699,258 | 61,420 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 48 | 1:28,363 | 3,040 |
| Belize | 100% | 41 | 1:8,642 | 1,397 |
| Thailand | 52% | 41 | 1:1,708,922 | 50,966 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 23 | 1:354,448 | 28,044 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 22 | 1:732,201 | 4,458 |
| Yemen | - | 21 | 1:1,252,226 | 3,331 |
| Italy | 98% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 18 | 1:9,879 | 1,352 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 16 | 1:2,169 | 514 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Kazakhstan | 83% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Belarus | 60% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Australia | - | 10 | 1:1,365,762 | 14,367 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Zambia | - | 10 | 1:1,585,479 | 18,518 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 8 | 1:24,000 | 1,933 |
| South Africa | 50% | 8 | 1:6,816,581 | 127,931 |
| Germany | 100% | 7 | 1:13,811,125 | 41,547 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| France | 100% | 5 | 1:13,294,068 | 36,843 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 4 | 1:7,612,485 | 167,458 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Liberia | - | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Paraguay | 50% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Kênya (16) & Kénya (4) are calculated separately.
Kenya (2,902) may also be a surname.
Kenya Forename Popularity
Kenya Demographics
Kenya Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 7 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya in the Russian language | ||
| Кеня | kena | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Kenya