Kanegeni Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Kanegeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 76 | 1:607,630 | 28,249 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Kanegeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanegeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanegeni occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanegeni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,121,169th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kanegeni live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 607,630. In Kenya Kanegeni is primarily found in: Kirinyaga County, where 80 percent are found, Laikipia County, where 12 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanegene | 88 | 311 | / |
| Kanegoni | 88 | 24 | / |
| Kanigeni | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kannegoni | 82 | 9 | / |
| Kanigheni | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kannegani | 82 | 1 | / |
| Khaneghini | 78 | 12 | / |
| Khaneghani | 78 | 11 | / |
| Kanieghini | 78 | 8 | / |
| Kanigini | 75 | 98 | / |
| Kanagani | 75 | 79 | / |
| Kanagoni | 75 | 19 | / |
| Kanegane | 75 | 16 | / |
| Kanigani | 75 | 10 | / |
| Kenegene | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kaniseni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanagene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanieghinni | 74 | 1 | / |
| Canigeniş | 71 | 89 | / |
| Kanaganni | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kanagaani | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kanyozeni | 71 | 6 | / |
| Khanagani | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kannagoni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Koneghani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kannegiesner | 70 | 1 | / |
| Khanaganni | 67 | 97 | / |
| Khanaghani | 67 | 8 | / |
| Khanaghini | 67 | 6 | / |
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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 Kanegeni
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis