Kenechi Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Kenechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kenechi (2,437) may also be a first name.
Kenechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenechi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenechi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kenechi is the 2,075,631st most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kenechi reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kenechi is also the 149,981st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,437 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 2,271,061. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 24 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Edo, where 12 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Kenechi
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