Kainji Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Kainji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kainji (13) may also be a first name.
Kainji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kainji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kainji has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kainji.
How Common Is The Last Name Kainji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kainji live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kainji is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name internationally, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent live and Osun, where 25 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Kenya, where 17 percent live.
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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 Kainji
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