Kakanje Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Kakanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kakanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kakanje is borne by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kakanje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakanje? popularity and diffusion
Kakanje is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakanje are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Botswana, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 43,739. Without taking into account Botswana this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 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 Kakanje
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