Kensei Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Kensei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 214 | 1:597,403 | 15,827 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kensei (3,813) may also be a first name.
Kensei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kensei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kensei occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kensei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,092,155th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. Kensei occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kensei are found; 95 percent are found in East Asia and 95 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Kensei is also the 113,850th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 3,813 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 597,403. In Japan Kensei is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 25 percent reside, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 24 percent reside and Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 22 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 2 percent reside and Belarus, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kensei
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