Kenit Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Kenit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 104 | 1:371,457 | 32,724 |
| Malaysia | 76 | 1:388,082 | 20,352 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kenit (225) may also be a first name.
Kenit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kenit (Hindi: केनीट, Marathi: केनीत, Russian: Кенит) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenit? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kenit is the 1,003,904th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. The last name Kenit is predominantly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Kenit reside; 41 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 41 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 599,828th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 225 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 371,457. In Algeria Kenit is mostly concentrated in: Médéa Province, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Algeria it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 30 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
Kenit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kenit has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenit in the Hindi language | ||
| केनीट | kenita | - |
| Kenit in the Marathi language | ||
| केनीत | kenita | 27.27 |
| केनीट | kenita | 27.27 |
| केिनट | keinata | 18.18 |
| केनीथ | kenitha | 9.09 |
| केिनत | keinata | 9.09 |
| कॅनीट | kenita | 9.09 |
| Kenit in the Russian language | ||
| Кенит | kenit | - |
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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 Kenit
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