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 Political Affiliation
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Kenah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻪ) is most common in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kenah is the 363,374th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,331,535 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Kenah reside; 51 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kenah is also the 138,496th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 2,778 people.
Kenah is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 40,565. In Cameroon Kenah is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent are found, Centre Region, where 19 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Kenah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kenah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kenah surname rose 191 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kenah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kenah last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Kenah are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered with 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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