Kanema Surname
Approximately 6,537 people bear this surname
Kanema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 3,941 | 1:4,022 | 488 |
| DR Congo | 2,319 | 1:31,858 | 3,970 |
| Namibia | 96 | 1:25,098 | 4,061 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kanema (517) may also be a first name.
Kanema Demographics
Average Kanema Salary in
United States
$23,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanema (Marathi: कणेमा, Oriya: କେନମା, Russian: Канэма) is most common in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 75,140th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,114,815 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kanema live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kanema is also the 371,657th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 517 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 3,941 people, or 1 in 4,022. In Zambia Kanema is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 46 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Zambia Kanema occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.
Kanema Last Name Statistics demography
Kanema earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.03% less than the national average, earning $23,719 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanema in the Oriya language | ||
| କେନମା | kenama | - |
| Kanema in the Marathi language | ||
| कणेमा | kanema | - |
| Kanema in the Russian language | ||
| Канэма | kanema | - |
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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 Kanema
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