Kenama Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Kenama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 118 | 1:330,841 | 22,179 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kenama (35) may also be a first name.
Kenama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenama is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,295,379th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. Kenama is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Kenama live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kenama is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held given name globally It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 330,841. In Uganda Kenama is most numerous in: Buhweju District, where 14 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 14 percent are found and Ibanda District, where 10 percent are found. Not including Uganda Kenama exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kenama
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