Kamenge Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Kamenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 400 | 1:132,354 | 12,363 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kamenge (103) may also be a first name.
Kamenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamenge (Arabic: كامنجي) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 546,286th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kamenge reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 103 people.
Kamenge is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 400 people, or 1 in 132,354. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 53 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 18 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Burundi, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamenge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamenge in the Arabic language | ||
| كامنجي | kamnjy | - |
| كمنجي | kmnjy | - |
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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 Kamenge
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