Kene
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kene is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Obsolete form of keen.
- INIndia1 in 32M(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 34K
- SNSenegal≈1 in 139K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Senegal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 58 (measured from records)
- 1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)
≈110 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Obsolete form of keen.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kene counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Senegal | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 139K | 1 | — | — |
| US United States | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | 207 | Kene | 15 |
| SI Slovenia | 62 | 1 in 34K | 62 | — | — |
| IN India | 41 | 1 in 32M | 41 | Kene | 58 |
| BR Brazil | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 6.2M | 170 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | 5 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | 19 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kene is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pon, marker of edible possession
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Turkish, tick (arachnid)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In chk, you will (soon)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ine-toc-pro, melody, tune
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In crh, again
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Martin KeneSIresearcher
- Neli Hevir-KeneSIresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 125 | #53,430 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 62 | #6,530 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 53 | #7,329 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 41 | #50,510 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 20 | #5,642 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #177,502 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kene mean, and where does it come from?
- Obsolete form of keen. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Kene have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 114 people named Kene in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Kene most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kene is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 34 thousand people — even though Senegal holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kene?
- In Slovenia, the national register counted 62 people named Kene, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Kene?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/keneThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kene”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.