Keneke Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Keneke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 70 | 1:659,713 | 29,380 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Keneke (49) may also be a first name.
Keneke Demographics
Keneke Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Keneke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keneke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keneke is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Keneke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keneke? popularity and diffusion
Keneke is the 1,290,735th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Keneke reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 34 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Keneke is also the 1,430,306th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 49 people.
The last name Keneke is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 659,713. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 73 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 13 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found.
Keneke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Keneke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Keneke surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Keneke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Keneke
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