Kekeye Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Kekeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kekeye (39) may also be a first name.
Kekeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﻲ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekeye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Kekeye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kekeye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kekeye is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name Kekeye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Kekeye is most common in: Delta, where 75 percent reside and Ondo, where 25 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻜﻲ | kky | 77.78 |
| ﻛﻜﻴﻪ | kkyh | 22.22 |
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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 Kekeye
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