Kandinga Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Kandinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Kandinga (22) may also be a first name.
Kandinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kandinga (Oriya: କାିା) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandinga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 610,848th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kandinga live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 22 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Barring Malawi Kandinga exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kandinga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kandinga in the Oriya language | ||
| କାିା | kaia | 80 |
| ଡିୁକିା | diukia | 20 |
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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 Kandinga
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