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 last name Keneme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻤﻰ) is more commonly found in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kenemé, Kenémé or Kénémé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keneme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 301,477th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 5,783,767 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Keneme reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Senegal, where it is borne by 1,150 people, or 1 in 12,678. In Senegal it is most common in: Saint Louis Region, where 40 percent reside, Matam Region, where 25 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Senegal Keneme occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
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
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- 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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