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
The last name Kenke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻚ, Marathi: केन्के, Russian: Кенке) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 387,068th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,947,160 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Kenke are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 781,395th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 140 people.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 715 people, or 1 in 75,773. In South Africa Kenke is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 37 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and Free State, where 21 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Kenke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kenke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 425 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kenke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kenke surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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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