Kagasi Surname

582,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5091:90,7278,151
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

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 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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kagasi in the Arabic language
كاغاصيkaghasy-

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