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) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kename? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kename is the 1,136,896th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Kename occurs predominantly 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. Kename is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name in the world, held by 26 people.
This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 296,053. In South Africa Kename is mostly found in: North West, where 50 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 40 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside. Barring South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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