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
The last name Kenesa is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenesa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 155,451st most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,585,153 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenesa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 99 people.
Kenesa is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Other than Ethiopia it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kenesa
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