Kanenge Surname
Approximately 1,219 people bear this surname
Kanenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 640 | 1:24,766 | 2,639 |
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Tanzania | 258 | 1:205,200 | 17,429 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kanenge (75) may also be a first name.
Kanenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanenge occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanenge? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 309,358th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,978,299 people. Kanenge is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanenge reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kanenge is also the 1,116,575th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 75 people.
The surname Kanenge is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 640 people, or 1 in 24,766. In Zambia Kanenge is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 78 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 11 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Tanzania, where 21 percent are found.
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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 Kanenge
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