Kagasi Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Kagasi Surname User-submission:
Kagasi are people who live in Western Kenya, but are originally from DR Congo. According to family tradition, they were originally educators.
Kagasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 509 | 1:90,727 | 8,151 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Kagasi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kagasi are people who live in Western Kenya, but are originally from DR Congo. According to family tradition, they were originally educators.
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Kagasi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kagasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kagasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kagasi (Arabic: كاغاصي) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kagasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 582,776th most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 13,545,624 people. Kagasi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kagasi live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 509 people, or 1 in 90,727. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 64 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 17 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Kagasi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kagasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kagasi in the Arabic language | ||
| كاغاصي | kaghasy | - |
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Footnotes
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