Kieni Surname
Approximately 635 people bear this surname
Kieni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 440 | 1:41,709 | 2,041 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Kenya | 56 | 1:824,641 | 32,113 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kieni (28) may also be a first name.
Kieni Demographics
Kieni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kieni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kieni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kieni (Russian: Киени) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kieni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 514,102nd most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,476,450 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kieni are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kieni is also the 1,994,417th most common given name on earth, borne by 28 people.
The last name Kieni is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 440 people, or 1 in 41,709. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Sahel Region, where 77 percent live, Centre-Nord Region, where 20 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
Kieni Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kieni has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kieni surname declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kieni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kieni surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kieni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kieni in the Russian language | ||
| Киени | kieni | - |
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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
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- 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 Kieni
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