Kenke Surname
Approximately 917 people bear this surname
Kenke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 715 | 1:75,773 | 9,417 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kenke (140) may also be a first name.
Kenke Demographics
Average Kenke Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kenke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻚ, Marathi: केन्के, Russian: Кенке) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 387,068th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 7,947,160 people. The last name Kenke occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Kenke live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 781,395th most common first name worldwide, borne by 140 people.
Kenke is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 715 people, or 1 in 75,773. In South Africa Kenke is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 37 percent reside, Gauteng, where 25 percent reside and Free State, where 21 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Kenke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kenke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kenke last name increased 425 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kenke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kenke surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kenke earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.54% less than the national average, earning R 148,440 per year; in United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.6% less than the national average, earning $40,442 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻚ | knk | - |
| Kenke in the Marathi language | ||
| केन्के | kenke | - |
| Kenke in the Russian language | ||
| Кенке | kenke | - |
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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 Kenke
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