Kekaye Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Benin

Kekaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kekaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kekaye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kekaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﺎﻱ) is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kekaye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kekaye is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kekaye live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa Kekaye is primarily found in: North West, where 53 percent are found, Gauteng, where 40 percent are found and Western Cape, where 7 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 32 percent are found and Mauritania, where 4 percent are found.

Kekaye Last Name Statistics demography

Kekaye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.11% less than the national average, earning R 99,552 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Kekae913,519/
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Kikhaye77105/
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Kaykaye777/
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Cekay7337/
Kökay7325/
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Keckey670/

Kekaye Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kekaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻜﺎﻱkkay-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kekaye
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