Kenje Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Kenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kenje (220) may also be a first name.
Kenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenje (Marathi: कंजे, Oriya: େକେ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kenje.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kenje is the 2,580,327th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. Kenje is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kenje reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 608,246th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 220 people.
The surname Kenje is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Kenje is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 75 percent are found and Benue, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 38 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenje in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେ | eke | - |
| Kenje in the Marathi language | ||
| कंजे | kanje | 66.67 |
| कजे | kaje | 33.33 |
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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 Kenje
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