Kakenge Surname
Approximately 1,833 people bear this surname
Kakenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,231 | 1:60,016 | 7,159 |
| Zambia | 514 | 1:30,836 | 3,162 |
| Namibia | 47 | 1:51,264 | 6,204 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kakenge (172) may also be a first name.
Kakenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakenge is most common in The DR Congo. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kakenge is the 222,368th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,975,748 people. The last name Kakenge is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakenge are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kakenge is also the 696,764th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 172 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,231 people, or 1 in 60,016. Excluding The DR Congo Kakenge exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 28 percent live and Namibia, where 3 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
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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 Kakenge
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