Kahene Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Kahene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Kàhene (1) are calculated separately.
Kahene (16) may also be a first name.
Kahene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kahene is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Kàhene. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,658,108th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Kahene reside; 26 percent reside in East Africa and 26 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kahene is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 16 people.
The surname Kahene is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 678,566. In The Ivory Coast Kahene is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 62 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found and Woroba District, where 3 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kahene
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