Kento Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Kento Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 73 | 1:1,751,292 | 26,150 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
Kento (2,156) may also be a first name.
Kento Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kento Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kento (Russian: Кенто, Tibetan: ཀུན་ཏུ།) occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kento? popularity and diffusion
Kento is the 777,192nd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Kento live; 32 percent live in Central Africa and 32 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kento is also the 161,552nd most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 2,156 people.
This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 1,751,292. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 64 percent are found, Iwate Prefecture, where 21 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 5 percent are found. Besides Japan it occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kento Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kento in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀུན་ཏུ། | küntu | - |
| Kento in the Russian language | ||
| Кенто | kento | - |
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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 Kento
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