Kagenya Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kagenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kagenya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1421:274,92419,750
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kagenya Demographics

Kagenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Kagenya Last Name Facts

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

Kagenya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kagenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kagenya is the 1,434,893rd most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kagenya live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kagenya is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 274,924. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Pallisa District, where 35 percent reside, Kibuku District, where 31 percent reside and Namutumba District, where 12 percent reside. Not including Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.

Kagenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name 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
Kangenya93243/
Kaginya8681/
Kagenyo8676/
Kagenja864/
Kagenha862/
Khaginya801/
Kainginya758/
Kaginja712/
Keinginya631/
Caginia5741/

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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 Kagenya
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