Kakanga Surname
Approximately 1,094 people bear this surname
Kakanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 486 | 1:152,016 | 15,865 |
| Uganda | 169 | 1:231,002 | 17,681 |
| Tanzania | 165 | 1:320,858 | 24,292 |
| Indonesia | 119 | 1:1,111,338 | 79,949 |
| Zambia | 111 | 1:142,792 | 10,391 |
| Japan | 43 | 1:2,973,123 | 32,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kakanga (89) may also be a first name.
Kakanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakanga is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kakanga is the 336,818th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,661,377 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Kakanga reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 89 people.
The surname Kakanga is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 152,016. Other than The DR Congo this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Kakanga
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