Kemenye Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Kemenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kemenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kemenye is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemenye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kemenye is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kemenye live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 94 percent are found and Far North Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemenyes | 93 | 6 | / |
| Kimenye | 86 | 508 | / |
| Kemenge | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kemeneu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kemenie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Keminye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kemeney | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiemeney | 80 | 140 | / |
| Kemmenoe | 80 | 31 | / |
| Kemegnie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Keumenie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kemeñy | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kiemeneij | 75 | 79 | / |
| Khemmenee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kemmmonye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kemmmegne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Keumeneuh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kimenge | 71 | 153 | / |
| Kamenje | 71 | 49 | / |
| Kimanye | 71 | 23 | / |
| Kemenou | 71 | 20 | / |
| Kamenie | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kemenji | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kimenje | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kiminye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Komanye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cemenie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Komenie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimegne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimenee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chemegne | 67 | 103 | / |
| Cımenyer | 67 | 88 | / |
| Kimengei | 67 | 85 | / |
| Koimenee | 67 | 59 | / |
| Kimhenge | 67 | 49 | / |
| Quemenie | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kamenjay | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kéményes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Komenyuy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khamenie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Quemenee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koimegne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khimanye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kimeneya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chemenei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chemeneu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kemenye
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