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.
- denniswamburuKenya Demographics
Average Kenya Salary in
England
£34,650
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Kenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenya (Arabic: كينيا, Hindi: केन्या, Marathi: केन्या, Russian: Кеня) is most common in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 151,746th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,511,215 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Kenya reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 45 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kenya is also the 24,235th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 35,929 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 883 people, or 1 in 52,299. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kwale County, where 35 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 15 percent are found and Nyamira County, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.
Kenya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kenya has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kenya last name is chiefly 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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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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