Kena Surname
Approximately 30,906 people bear this surname
Kena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9,673 | 1:79,300 | 5,358 |
| DR Congo | 9,584 | 1:7,709 | 956 |
| Ethiopia | 6,278 | 1:15,538 | 2,141 |
| Ghana | 1,663 | 1:16,248 | 2,082 |
| Papua New Guinea | 850 | 1:9,593 | 781 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Indonesia | 441 | 1:299,885 | 26,649 |
| Ivory Coast | 314 | 1:73,475 | 4,081 |
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| South Africa | 186 | 1:291,278 | 28,316 |
| Lesotho | 142 | 1:14,314 | 3,144 |
| Solomon Islands | 111 | 1:5,225 | 705 |
| Albania | 99 | 1:29,435 | 4,620 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 1:122,387 | 15,192 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Marshall Islands | 17 | 1:3,048 | 664 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
Kena (59,100) may also be a first name.
Kena Demographics
Kena Political Affiliation
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Kena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻪ, Hindi: केना, Marathi: केना, Oriya: େକନା, Russian: Кена) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kena is the 17,874th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 235,797 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Kena reside; 32 percent reside in South Asia and 31 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 16,049th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 59,100 people.
Kena is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 9,673 people, or 1 in 79,300. In India Kena is primarily found in: Tamil Nadu, where 76 percent are found, Arunachal Pradesh, where 21 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Beside India this last name is found in 69 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 20 percent are found.
Kena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kena has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kena last name grew 217 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kena last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kena are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kena earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.45% less than the national average, earning R 122,496 per year; in United States they earn 11.35% less than the national average, earning $38,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.56% less than the national average, earning $39,467 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kena in the Marathi language | ||
| केना | kena | 99.49 |
| केन | kena | 0.51 |
| Kena in the Hindi language | ||
| केना | kena | 99.03 |
| केणा | kena | 0.97 |
| Kena in the Oriya language | ||
| େକନା | ekana | 95.45 |
| ନାଗ | naga | 2.27 |
| େଯନା | eyana | 2.27 |
| Kena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻪ | knh | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻦ | kn | 16.67 |
| ﻛﻨﺎ | kna | 5.56 |
| ﻛﻴﻨﻰ | kyny | 5.56 |
| ﻛﻨﻰ | kny | 5.56 |
| Kena in the Russian language | ||
| Кена | kena | - |
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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 Kena
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