Kenay Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Kenay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Kenay (414) may also be a first name.
Kenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺎﻱ, Hindi: केनया, Marathi: केनाय, Russian: Кенай) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenay? popularity and diffusion
Kenay is the 2,185,341st most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Kenay reside; 59 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 59 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 422,632nd most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 414 people.
The surname Kenay is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 3,075,563. In Indonesia Kenay is mostly found in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Turkey, where 8 percent live.
Kenay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kenay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kenay last name declined 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺎﻱ | knay | - |
| Kenay in the Hindi language | ||
| केनया | kenaya | - |
| Kenay in the Marathi language | ||
| केनाय | kenaya | 50 |
| केनय | kenaya | 50 |
| Kenay in the Russian language | ||
| Кенай | kenaj | - |
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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
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- 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 Kenay
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