Kenema Surname
Approximately 5,257 people bear this surname
Kenema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5,048 | 1:7,734 | 1,350 |
| Senegal | 117 | 1:124,610 | 1,162 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Guinea | 11 | 1:1,075,802 | 1,333 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kenema (1,005) may also be a first name.
Kenema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenema is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kenema is the 91,080th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,386,256 people. The surname Kenema is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenema are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 253,774th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 1,005 people.
It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 5,048 people, or 1 in 7,734. In Uganda it is most common in: Kyenjojo District, where 12 percent reside, Kabarole District, where 11 percent reside and Kamwenge District, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Kenema
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