Kenele Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kenele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kenele (21) may also be a first name.
Kenele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenele is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kenele.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kenele is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 82 percent of Kenele live; 82 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Milne Bay, where 67 percent reside and Hela, where 33 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Kenele
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