Kenya Surname
Approximately 2,902 people bear this surname
Kenya Surname User-submission:
The Kenya surname denotes a man who is best in his craft, usually the head and controller.
Kenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 883 | 1:52,299 | 5,277 |
| Tanzania | 508 | 1:104,216 | 10,166 |
| South Africa | 313 | 1:173,092 | 19,160 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Indonesia | 139 | 1:951,433 | 70,299 |
| Nigeria | 113 | 1:1,567,635 | 58,980 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Japan | 16 | 1:7,990,268 | 43,922 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kenya (35,929) may also be a first name.
Kenya Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Kenya surname denotes a man who is best in his craft, usually the head and controller.
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Kenya Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Kenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kenya (Arabic: كينيا, Hindi: केन्या, Marathi: केन्या, Russian: Кеня) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 151,746th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,511,215 people. Kenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kenya live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kenya is also the 24,235th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 35,929 people.
The surname Kenya is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 883 people, or 1 in 52,299. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 35 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 15 percent are found and Nyamira County, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.
Kenya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kenya has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kenya surname contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Christian (76%) in Kenya and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
Kenya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.02% less than the national average, earning R 85,512 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya in the Hindi language | ||
| केन्या | ken'ya | 95.65 |
| केंया | kenya | 2.17 |
| कैन्या | kain'ya | 2.17 |
| Kenya in the Marathi language | ||
| केन्या | ken'ya | 93.02 |
| केण्या | kenya | 4.65 |
| केिनया | keinaya | 2.33 |
| Kenya in the Russian language | ||
| Кеня | kena | - |
| Kenya in the Arabic language | ||
| كينيا | kynya | - |
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Footnotes
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- 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 Kenya
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