Kakenia Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kakenia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakenia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1491:309,93219,396
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Kakenia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kakenia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kakenia occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kakenia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakenia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,415,499th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Kakenia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakenia are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Kakenia is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 309,932. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent are found and Laikipia County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Kakenia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kakenya861,505/
Kakania8640/
Kakonia866/
Kacenia865/
Kakenja865/
Kacenija8011/
Kaikenya801/
Khakinia801/
Kakanijay751/
Kakanio7120/
Kakinya7116/
Kakanja716/
Kakonja715/
Kokania712/
Kokonia712/
Kokenya712/
Kocenia711/
Kakenjo711/
Kokenja711/
Kacania711/
Kokinias6734/
Kokkinia6730/
Kaikanya6723/
Cokenias6721/
Kokeanja674/
Kakannya672/
Kaekanya672/
Khaqinia672/
Keikenya671/
Kakhigna671/
Khakania671/
Khokenya671/
Kakaanya671/
Kakyonya671/
Kokkonia671/
Khakonya671/
Kaquenha671/

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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
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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 Kakenia
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