Kenji Surname
Approximately 2,745 people bear this surname
Kenji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,255 | 1:101,868 | 6,110 |
| Iran | 394 | 1:194,880 | 15,856 |
| Iraq | 252 | 1:138,975 | 3,720 |
| Brazil | 151 | 1:1,417,711 | 47,804 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| Vietnam | 101 | 1:917,288 | 1,815 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Serbia | 32 | 1:223,280 | 12,990 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Croatia | 24 | 1:176,192 | 22,291 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Brunei | 3 | 1:139,577 | 3,009 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kenji (1,554,041) may also be a first name.
Kenji Demographics
Average Kenji Salary in
United States
$46,139 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kenji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenji (Arabic: كنجي, Oriya: େକି) occurs most in Japan. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kenji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kenji is the 159,002nd most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,654,844 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Kenji reside; 51 percent reside in East Asia and 46 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kenji is also the 459th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,554,041 people.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 1,255 people, or 1 in 101,868. In Japan it is most frequent in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 63 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 15 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 6 percent reside. Not including Japan this surname is found in 54 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 14 percent reside and Iraq, where 9 percent reside.
Kenji Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kenji surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Kenji earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.93% more than the national average, earning $46,139 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenji in the Oriya language | ||
| େକି | eki | - |
| Kenji in the Arabic language | ||
| كنجي | knjy | - |
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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 Kenji
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