Kenigua Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kenigua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenigua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3121:567,76527,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kenigua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kenigua Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kenigua is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenigua? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kenigua is the 868,551st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name Kenigua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenigua are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 567,765. In Nigeria Kenigua is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent are found, Bauchi, where 6 percent are found and Rivers, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenigui8615/
Kenigwa864/
Kenegua861/
Khenigue801/
Khenigui801/
Kinigwa71113/
Kenegue7158/
Kanigwa7113/
Kinigui7111/
Canigua713/
Kenique712/
Kenegui712/
Kenigbo711/
Konikua711/
Kinigue711/
Kanikua711/
Kenikuo711/
Kanugua711/
Kaniqua710/
Keneigwe6719/
Keneagba673/
Cheniqua671/
Kineguha671/

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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 Kenigua
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