Kenesa Surname
Approximately 2,819 people bear this surname
Kenesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kenesa (99) may also be a first name.
Kenesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenesa occurs most in Ethiopia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 155,451st most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,585,153 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenesa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kenesa is also the 951,070th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 99 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Besides Ethiopia it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kenesa
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