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
The last name Kekeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﻴﻪ, Hindi: केकेया, Oriya: େକେକୟା) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kekeya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,352,516th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. This 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. Kekeya is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 56 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Other than The DR Congo Kekeya exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 percent reside.
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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- 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 Kekeya
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