Kekaye Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Kekaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kekaye Demographics
Average Kekaye Salary in
South Africa
R 99,552
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kekaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﺎﻱ) is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kekaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kekaye reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kekaye is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa it is most numerous in: North West, where 53 percent are found, Gauteng, where 40 percent are found and Western Cape, where 7 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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
Kekaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻜﺎﻱ | kkay | - |
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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 Kekaye
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