Kekeya Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Kekeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kekeya (56) may also be a first name.
Kekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﻴﻪ, Hindi: केकेया, Oriya: େକେକୟା) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kekeya is the 2,352,516th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Kekeya live; 41 percent live in Central Africa and 41 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 56 people.
The surname Kekeya is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekeya in the Hindi language | ||
| केकेया | kekeya | - |
| Kekeya in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେକୟା | ekekaya | - |
| Kekeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻜﻴﻪ | kkyh | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻜﻲ | kky | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Kekeya
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