Meaning of the nameKenia
- Female
- Ke-ni-a
Kenia is a feminine name with the form that the name of Kenya has in Spanish and German; Kenya, the other spelling in the group, comes from the name of the country.
Meaning
The meaning of Kenia is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 21,407
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,021
- Median age
- 37 years
- 2010 Census
- 22,521
- people
Kenia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Kenia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (8,151 people).
21,326 women 81 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Kenia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Kenia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Minas Gerais 0.045%
- Goiás 0.042%
- Distrito Federal 0.026%
- Tocantins 0.017%
- Espírito Santo 0.014%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 9,149 | 0.045% |
| Goiás | 2,969 | 0.042% |
| São Paulo | 2,272 | 0.005% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 981 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 724 | 0.026% |
| Espírito Santo | 541 | 0.014% |
| Santa Catarina | 479 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 451 | 0.012% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 442 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 373 | 0.006% |
| Bahia | 350 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 331 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 290 | 0.009% |
| Pará | 260 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 257 | 0.017% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 255 | 0.009% |
| Paraíba | 248 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 236 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 153 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 132 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 130 | 0.008% |
| Amazonas | 107 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 96 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 74 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 74 | 0.012% |
| Acre | 18 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Kenia
Kenia is the form of the name of Quênia, the Portuguese name for Kenya, in Spanish, German and Dutch, according to Wiktionary, and Kenya is also an alternative spelling of Quênia in Portuguese. Behind the Name records Kenya as a feminine name in English, taken from the name of the country, which in turn comes from Mount Kenya. For the name of the mountain there is more than one hypothesis: Behind the Name cites Kikuyu Kĩrĩnyaga, 'the one with stripes', and Wiktionary gathers other readings, such as 'white mountain'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) also records Quenia as a given name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 21,407 people named Kenia, with a median age of 37. The name is almost always female, peaked among people born in the 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Minas Gerais.
It is the most common spelling in the group, the same as the name of Kenya in Spanish and German.
Other spellings of Kenia
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Kenia | 21,407 |
| Kenya | 1,662 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Kenia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Wiktionary: Kenya · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Kenya · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Quenia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Kenia
What does the name Kenia mean?
The meaning of Kenia is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Kenia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 21,407 people with the first name Kenia, which ranks it number 1,021 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Kenia a boy's or a girl's name?
Kenia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 21,326 women and 81 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Kenia most common?
Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.045% of the state's population is named Kenia (9,149 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Kenia?
Kenya. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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