Kenyah Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Kenyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Kenyah (71) may also be a first name.
Kenyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kenyah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenyah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Kenyah are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 54 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kenyah is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 71 people.
The surname is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 983,141. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 97 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent reside. Not including Malaysia this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent reside and Ghana, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Kenyah
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