Kenkeni Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kenkeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Kenkeni (18) may also be a first name.
Kenkeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenkeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenkeni is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenkeni? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kenkeni reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 18 people.
Kenkeni is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 65 percent reside and Benue, where 35 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinkeni | 86 | 70 | / |
| Kenkani | 86 | 30 | / |
| Kenkene | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kenkoni | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kenkena | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kienkene | 80 | 48 | / |
| Kinkqeni | 80 | 9 | / |
| Chenkeni | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kenkingi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kinkengi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kinkieni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chengkeni | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kinkani | 71 | 700 | / |
| Kenkane | 71 | 23 | / |
| Kencani | 71 | 18 | / |
| Kinkini | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kinqeni | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kinkena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kenqani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinkonyi | 67 | 86 | / |
| Kinkenge | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kemkuini | 67 | 6 | / |
| Qengqeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenkcane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinkanyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keenkone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenkinet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenkaney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chenkini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kingkini | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kenkeni
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis