Kename Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Kename Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 183 | 1:296,053 | 28,632 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Kename (26) may also be a first name.
Kename Demographics
Average Kename Salary in
South Africa
R 116,484
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kename Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kename Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kename (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺎﻡ) occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kename? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kename are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 26 people.
Kename is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 296,053. In South Africa Kename is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 50 percent live, Northern Cape, where 40 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Kename Last Name Statistics demography
Kename earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.98% less than the national average, earning R 116,484 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kename Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kename in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺎﻡ | knam | - |
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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 Kename
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