Kekey Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Kekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kekey (109) may also be a first name.
Kekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kekey (Russian: Кекей, Tibetan: ཀི་ཀེ།) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 400,713th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kekey live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kekey is also the 900,062nd most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 109 people.
The last name Kekey is most frequently occurring in Togo, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Aside from Togo this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekey in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀི་ཀེ། | kiké | - |
| Kekey in the Russian language | ||
| Кекей | kekej | - |
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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 Kekey
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