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
The surname Kakanga is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 336,818th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,661,377 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Kakanga live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 89 people.
Kakanga is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 486 people, or 1 in 152,016. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs 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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