Kagame Surname
Approximately 7,053 people bear this surname
Kagame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 5,891 | 1:1,929 | 465 |
| Uganda | 1,018 | 1:38,349 | 4,932 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Kagame (161) may also be a first name.
Kagame Demographics
Kagame Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kagame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kagame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kagame (Arabic: كغامي, Russian: Кагаме) is found most frequently in Rwanda. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kagame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kagame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 70,134th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,033,255 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kagame live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 722,635th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 161 people.
It is most frequently used in Rwanda, where it is carried by 5,891 people, or 1 in 1,929. Other than Rwanda this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Kagame Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kagame surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kagame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kagame in the Russian language | ||
| Кагаме | kagame | - |
| Kagame in the Arabic language | ||
| كغامي | kghamy | - |
| كاغام | kagham | - |
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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 Kagame
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