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 surname Kenesa has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenesa? popularity and diffusion
Kenesa is the 155,451st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,585,153 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 common given name internationally. It is borne by 99 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Barring Ethiopia Kenesa is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, 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 Kenesa
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