Keneath Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Keneath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Keneath (100) may also be a first name.
Keneath Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keneath Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keneath is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Keneath? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keneath is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Keneath is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Keneath are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Keneath is also the 946,056th most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 100 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 55 percent live, Ebonyi, where 9 percent live and Kogi, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
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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 Keneath
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