Amakanji Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Amakanji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Amakanji Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1001:461,79924,210
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Amakanji Demographics

Amakanji Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Amakanji Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amakanji Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Amakanji is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Amakanji click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amakanji? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,849,867th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Amakanji occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amakanji live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 461,799. In Kenya Amakanji is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 1 percent are found.

Amakanji Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Amakanji surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amakanzi881/
Amakanija821/
Amakanze751/
Amakanye751/
Gomakanchi671/
Amakonze6374/
Omakanye631/
Amokonzi631/
Omakange631/
Omokanye501,323/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Amakanji
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