Kagembe Surname

326,564th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kagembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kagembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania9631:54,9766,012
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431

Kagembe (174) may also be a first name.

Kagembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kagembe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kagembe? popularity and diffusion

Kagembe is the 326,564th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,403,819 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kagembe live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 692,220th most prevalent given name at a global level, borne by 174 people.

Kagembe is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 963 people, or 1 in 54,976. In Tanzania Kagembe is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 52 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 13 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Kagembe
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