Kenessa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kenessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kenessa (57) may also be a first name.
Kenessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kenessa is found most in Ethiopia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kenessa is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kenessa live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 57 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Without taking into account Ethiopia it exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 6 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 Kenessa
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