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 is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanenge is the 309,358th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,978,299 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanenge live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kanenge is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 75 people.
The surname Kanenge is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 640 people, or 1 in 24,766. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 78 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 11 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent live. Other than Zambia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Tanzania, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kanenge
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis