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
The last name Kenah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻪ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 363,374th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,331,535 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Kenah are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 138,496th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 2,778 people.
Kenah is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 512 people, or 1 in 40,565. In Cameroon Kenah is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent reside, Centre Region, where 19 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
Kenah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kenah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kenah surname grew 191 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 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 surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political 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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