Keneme Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Keneme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1,150 | 1:12,678 | 422 |
| Mauritania | 44 | 1:93,065 | 5,851 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Kenemé (36), Kenémé (3) & Kénémé (21) are calculated separately.
Keneme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keneme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keneme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻤﻰ) is found in Senegal more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kenemé, Kenémé or Kénémé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keneme? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keneme is the 301,477th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,783,767 people. The last name Keneme is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Keneme reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Keneme is most prevalent in Senegal, where it is held by 1,150 people, or 1 in 12,678. In Senegal it is primarily concentrated in: Saint Louis Region, where 40 percent live, Matam Region, where 25 percent live and Dakar Region, where 19 percent live. Outside of Senegal this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keneme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keneme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻤﻰ | knmy | 65.63 |
| ﻛﻨﻢ | knm | 12.5 |
| ﻛﻨﻤﻲ | knmy | 12.5 |
| ﻛﻨﻴﻤﻰ | knymy | 9.38 |
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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 Keneme
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