Kennethy Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kennethy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kennethy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kennethy (320) may also be a first name.

Kennethy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kennethy is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kennethy? popularity and diffusion

Kennethy is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Kennethy is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Kennethy reside; 29 percent reside in East Africa and 29 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 490,671st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 320 people.

The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 50 percent reside and Taita Taveta County, where 50 percent reside. Other than Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kennety9313/
Kennetha886/
Kennethe884/
Kennetty882/
Kenneteh881/
Kennethj880/
Knethy861/
Kennaethi821/
Kennethea821/
Kennete8018/
Kenneti804/
Kenneta803/
Kennity802/
Knety771/
Kennette75194/
Kennetta753/
Kenneata752/
Kennatey751/
Kennitha750/
Knetty7110/
Kneity711/
Kenneatta711/
Kennettee710/
Kenneaster6731/
Kennati673/
Kenniti672/
Kennita671/
Kneithe671/
Kennate671/
Knnetti671/
Könnete671/
Kinnity671/
Kemneti671/
Kennoti671/
Knaetey670/
Kemnity670/

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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 Kennethy
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