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 last name Kento (Russian: Кенто, Tibetan: ཀུན་ཏུ།) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kento? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 777,192nd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Kento are found; 32 percent are found in Central Africa and 32 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 161,552nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 2,156 people.
It is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 1,751,292. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 64 percent live, Iwate Prefecture, where 21 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 5 percent live. Excluding Japan this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
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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