Ketienya Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ketienya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ketienya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya411:1,126,33934,944

Ketienya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ketienya is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketienya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ketienya is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ketienya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Ketienya is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,126,339. In Kenya Ketienya is most frequent in: Bomet County, where 85 percent are found, Narok County, where 10 percent are found and Kericho County, where 2 percent are found.

Ketienya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Ketienya last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ketenya931/
Ketyenya887/
Kitienya884/
Kitinya802,059/
Kitenya80175/
Ketenia806/
Kotinya801/
Ketunya801/
Kithenya759/
Cetinyay758/
Kettigna754/
Kittinya752/
Kattenya751/
Keatainia711/
Katenja67145/
Cetinja6753/
Kitinyo6752/
Kitenja6722/
Kotynya677/
Kotinia672/
Kotinyo672/
Katenia672/
Kotenyo671/
Kitigna671/
Ketenio671/

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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 Ketienya
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