Kenam Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Kenam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| India | 88 | 1:8,716,652 | 177,764 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Kenam (404) may also be a first name.
Kenam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kenam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺎﻡ, Marathi: केनम, Russian: Кенам, Tibetan: ཀི་ནམ་) is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kenam.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 823,466th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Kenam are found; 31 percent are found in Southern Africa and 31 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kenam is also the 429,175th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 404 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺎﻡ | knam | - |
| Kenam in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀི་ནམ་ | kinam | - |
| Kenam in the Marathi language | ||
| केनम | kenama | 91.67 |
| केनाम | kenama | 8.33 |
| Kenam in the Russian language | ||
| Кенам | kenam | - |
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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 Kenam
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