Kang'a Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Kang'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kang'a Demographics
Kang'a Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kang'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kang'a is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kang'a? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,555,468th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kang'a live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 94 percent are found, Kwale County, where 2 percent are found and Siaya County, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Kang'a is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Kang'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (75%) in Kenya.
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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 Kang'a
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