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
Kenai (Hindi: केनाई, Marathi: केिनया, Oriya: େକନାଇ) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 451,199th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,678,016 people. The surname Kenai is primarily found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Kenai live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 290,366th most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 795 people.
The last name Kenai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 343 people, or 1 in 23,772. In Papua New Guinea Kenai is primarily found in: Chimbu, where 27 percent live, Enga, where 15 percent live and Morobe, where 14 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 31 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
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
- 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 Kenai
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