Kemete Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Kemete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kemete (18) may also be a first name.
Kemete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kemete is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Kemete are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kemete is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 18 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 97 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 34 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kemete
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