Kankenya Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kankenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kankenya (21) may also be a first name.
Kankenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kankenya has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankenya are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
Kankenya is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Beside The DR Congo it is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Kankenya
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