Kenkpen Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kenkpen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenkpen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia521:84,7806,985
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kenkpen Last Name Facts

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

Kenkpen occurs most in Liberia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenkpen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,661,929th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kenkpen live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

It is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 84,780. In Liberia Kenkpen is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 54 percent are found, Bong County, where 40 percent are found and Margibi County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Kenkpen
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