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Worldwide, ケンヤ (Kenya , ケンヤ ) is a common predominantly female, but scarcely male given name. The forename ケンヤ is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Belize, where it is quite a common girly name, Bahamas, and Nicaragua, where it is quite a rare female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. Likewise, ケンヤ is the last name as well as the forename.
ケンヤ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kenya Leavitt , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures character, It Takes Guts and Kenya Misaki , the fictional character from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.