Kakazi Surname
Approximately 6,107 people bear this surname
Kakazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,866 | 1:8,023 | 1,402 |
| DR Congo | 1,231 | 1:60,016 | 7,159 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Kakazi (564) may also be a first name.
Kakazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakazi (Marathi: काकझी) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kakazi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakazi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kakazi is the 79,841st most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,193,310 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakazi live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kakazi is also the 353,625th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 564 people.
The last name Kakazi is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 4,866 people, or 1 in 8,023. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Ntungamo District, where 13 percent are found, Kiruhura District, where 12 percent are found and Isingiro District, where 12 percent are found. Barring Uganda Kakazi occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakazi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakazi in the Marathi language | ||
| काकझी | kakajhi | - |
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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 Kakazi
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