Kagera Surname
Approximately 880 people bear this surname
Kagera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 716 | 1:64,497 | 6,227 |
| Uganda | 93 | 1:419,777 | 25,768 |
| Tanzania | 35 | 1:1,512,618 | 47,057 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Kagera (139) may also be a first name.
Kagera Demographics
Kagera Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kagera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kagera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kagera (Oriya: କେଗରା) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kagera? popularity and diffusion
It is the 399,716th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,281,302 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kagera are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 784,558th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 139 people.
Kagera is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 716 people, or 1 in 64,497. In Kenya Kagera is most frequent in: Muranga County, where 23 percent live, Nakuru County, where 19 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 13 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
Kagera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kagera last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kagera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kagera in the Oriya language | ||
| କେଗରା | kegara | - |
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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 Kagera
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