Kagonye Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kagonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kagonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1321:116,95615,881
Kenya991:466,46424,395
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kagonye (18) may also be a first name.

Kagonye Last Name Facts

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

Kagonye occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kagonye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,041,601st most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name Kagonye is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kagonye live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kagonye is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 18 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 116,956. In Zimbabwe Kagonye is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 49 percent live, Harare Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Kagonye exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 41 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kangonye931/
Kagonge8672/
Kagunye8610/
Kaganye861/
Kagonje861/
Kangonge8082/
Kongonye802/
Kaigunye801/
Kanghanye756/
Kaganyets754/
Kong'onye754/
Konghonye751/
Kagunge71579/
Kagonji71309/
Kagonja7114/
Kaganeu712/
Kagange711/
Kaganie711/
Kagonhi711/
Kangonji67214/
Kogoniya6761/
Kangunge6755/
Kangunje6720/
Kanganje6710/
Kongonie671/
Kangange671/
Kaganawe671/

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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 Kagonye
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