Kenamu Surname
Approximately 1,158 people bear this surname
Kenamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,046 | 1:16,366 | 2,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kenamu (14) may also be a first name.
Kenamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenamu has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kenamu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 322,243rd most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,293,218 people. The surname Kenamu occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kenamu live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name globally It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 1,046 people, or 1 in 16,366. Besides Malawi it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kengamu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Keinamu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kanamu | 83 | 243 | / |
| Konamu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kenemu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kenomu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khanamu | 77 | 118 | / |
| Kainamu | 77 | 35 | / |
| Kannamu | 77 | 17 | / |
| Kanhamu | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kanamau | 77 | 7 | / |
| Kingamu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kanamou | 77 | 3 | / |
| Keneemu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kanaamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kinaamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaanamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kehnemui | 71 | 9 | / |
| Khanamuh | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khanamui | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khanamou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khanaamu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kainamou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keuhnemu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kainaimu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanemu | 67 | 259 | / |
| Kinemu | 67 | 133 | / |
| Konemu | 67 | 94 | / |
| Konomu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Canamu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kanomu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kinomu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kannemu | 62 | 10 | / |
| Chinamu | 62 | 2 | / |
| Konemou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kaynomu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kanemhu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Chinamou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Canomu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Cañamu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kenamu
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