Kenai Surname
Approximately 753 people bear this surname
Kenai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 343 | 1:23,772 | 2,611 |
| Algeria | 234 | 1:165,092 | 20,949 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Japan | 22 | 1:5,811,104 | 40,882 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kenai (795) may also be a first name.
Kenai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kenai (Hindi: केनाई, Marathi: केिनया, Oriya: େକନାଇ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kenai.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 451,199th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,678,016 people. The surname Kenai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Kenai reside; 52 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 52 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 290,366th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 795 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 23,772. In Papua New Guinea Kenai is most frequent in: Chimbu, where 27 percent reside, Enga, where 15 percent reside and Morobe, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 31 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenai in the Oriya language | ||
| େକନାଇ | ekana'i | - |
| Kenai in the Marathi language | ||
| केिनया | keinaya | 66.67 |
| केनाई | kena'i | 33.33 |
| Kenai in the Hindi language | ||
| केनाई | kena'i | 50 |
| केनई | kena'i | 50 |
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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 Kenai
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