Kenyat Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kenyat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenyat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kenyat (13) may also be a first name.

Kenyat Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kenyat Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kenyat is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenyat? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kenyat live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kenyat is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India Kenyat is most common in: Assam, where 100 percent are found. Outside of India it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenyatt922/
Keanyat921/
Kenyath921/
Kenyot838/
Kinyat836/
Keniat831/
Keneat831/
Kenijat771/
Kenyoot771/
Kinyast771/
Keniath770/
Kesniath714/
Kenyoott713/
Kenhot6710/
Keniot674/
Kenjad672/
Kenyod671/
Kenhad671/

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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 Kenyat
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