Kenkene Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kenkene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kenkene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenkene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenkene occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenkene? popularity and diffusion
Kenkene is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Kenkene is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenkene reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 40 percent are found and Nigeria, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kienkene | 93 | 48 | / |
| Kenkeni | 86 | 30 | / |
| Kenkane | 86 | 23 | / |
| Kenkena | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kinkenge | 80 | 27 | / |
| Kinkiene | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kuenkhen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keenkone | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kenkinet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kenkaney | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kenkcane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knkane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kinkesner | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kinckener | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kinkeni | 71 | 70 | / |
| Kencane | 71 | 58 | / |
| Kenkani | 71 | 30 | / |
| Kinkine | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kenkoni | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kinkone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qenkane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinkena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kingkone | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chinkene | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chenkeni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kinchene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kemkeang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chenkein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuenkine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinkengi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenkingi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cenceney | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kenncane | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kenkene
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