Kahandi Surname
Approximately 438 people bear this surname
Kahandi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 272 | 1:143,527 | 12,879 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zambia | 50 | 1:316,998 | 17,478 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Kahandi (12) may also be a first name.
Kahandi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahandi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahandi (Oriya: କାହା) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kahandi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahandi? popularity and diffusion
Kahandi is the 679,794th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,638,233 people. Kahandi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kahandi reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 12 people.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 143,527. In Uganda Kahandi is primarily concentrated in: Mbale District, where 90 percent are found, Kampala District, where 2 percent are found and Kasese District, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Zambia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahandi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahandi in the Oriya language | ||
| କାହା | kaha | - |
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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 Kahandi
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