Kenava Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Kenava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
The alternate forms: Ķenava (1) are calculated separately.
Kenava (256) may also be a first name.
Kenava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenava is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Ķenava. For other potential spellings of Kenava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Kenava is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Kenava live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kenava is also the 556,659th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 256 people.
The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Central, where 62 percent are found and National Capital District, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and Latvia, where 11 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 Kenava
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