Kenta Surname
Approximately 922 people bear this surname
Kenta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 399 | 1:115,739 | 9,794 |
| Liberia | 83 | 1:53,115 | 4,716 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Cyprus | 26 | 1:34,034 | 3,767 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| Bolivia | 8 | 1:1,327,054 | 6,143 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kenta (9,612) may also be a first name.
Kenta Demographics
Average Kenta Salary in
United States
$29,464 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kenta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenta (Bengali: কেন্তা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺖ, Hindi: केन्ता, Oriya: େକଁଟା, Russian: Кента, Tibetan: དཀོན་ཏ།) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kenta is the 385,337th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,904,063 people. The surname Kenta occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kenta are found; 43 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 62,937th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 9,612 people.
Kenta is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 399 people, or 1 in 115,739. In Kenya Kenta is mostly found in: Narok County, where 99 percent live, Nairobi County, where 0 percent live and Nakuru County, where 0 percent live. Excluding Kenya Kenta occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 9 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Kenta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kenta has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kenta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kenta last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kenta earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 38.62% less than the national average, earning 212,423 kr per year and in United States they earn 31.72% less than the national average, earning $29,464 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenta in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཀོན་ཏ། | könta | - |
| Kenta in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଁଟା | ekamta | - |
| Kenta in the Hindi language | ||
| केन्ता | kenta | 80 |
| केन्टा | kenta | 12 |
| केंता | kenta | 4 |
| केंटा | kenta | 4 |
| Kenta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺖ | knt | 57.14 |
| ﻛﻨﺘﻪ | knth | 40 |
| ﻛﻨﺘﺎ | knta | 2.86 |
| Kenta in the Bengali language | ||
| কেন্তা | kenta | 50 |
| কেন্ত | kenta | 50 |
| Kenta in the Russian language | ||
| Кента | kenta | - |
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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 Kenta
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