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 most in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 823,466th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Kenam reside; 31 percent reside in Southern Africa and 31 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 429,175th most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 404 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Apart from Malawi Kenam exists in 10 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Kenam
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