Kenah Surname
Approximately 994 people bear this surname
Kenah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 512 | 1:40,565 | 5,413 |
| United States | 126 | 1:2,876,658 | 169,773 |
| Indonesia | 105 | 1:1,259,516 | 88,308 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| New Zealand | 53 | 1:85,440 | 12,123 |
| Liberia | 50 | 1:88,171 | 7,231 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 66 | 1:760,889 | 48,111 |
Kenah (2,778) may also be a first name.
Kenah Demographics
Kenah Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Kenah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻪ) occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 363,374th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,331,535 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Kenah live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 138,496th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 2,778 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 40,565. In Cameroon Kenah is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent are found, Centre Region, where 19 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Kenah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kenah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kenah surname increased 191 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kenah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Kenah last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.
Kenah earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.47% more than the national average, earning $49,825 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻪ | knh | - |
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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 Kenah
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