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 most in Burkina Faso. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kieni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 514,102nd most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,476,450 people. It occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name globally It is held by 28 people.
The last name is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 440 people, or 1 in 41,709. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Sahel Region, where 77 percent reside, Centre-Nord Region, where 20 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso Kieni occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Kenya, where 9 percent reside.
Kieni Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kieni has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kieni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion 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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