Kenkes Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kenkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kenkes Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2361:329,75221,106
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Kenkes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kenkes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kenkes is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenkes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kenkes is the 1,052,587th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kenkes reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 97 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Kenkes is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 329,752. In Turkey Kenkes is primarily found in: Sanliurfa Province, where 86 percent live, Mersin Province, where 11 percent live and Tekirdag Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Turkey this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 0 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenkese921/
Kenckes921/
Kemkes83608/
Kinkes8316/
Könkes838/
Künkes837/
Kences833/
Kinkese77127/
Kenkech7741/
Kingkes772/
Kuenkis770/
Kinkeys770/
Kenkhuis71117/
Cenkis6781/
Kinces6748/
Kencis6735/
Cences6718/
Kinkis677/
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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 Kenkes
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