Kang'ang'a Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kang'ang'a Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kang'ang'a Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya171:2,716,46537,471
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Kang'ang'a Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kang'ang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kang'ang'a occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kang'ang'a? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kang'ang'a is the 4,116,508th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Kang'ang'a is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kang'ang'a are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 2,716,465. In Kenya Kang'ang'a is most numerous in: Laikipia County, where 24 percent are found, Muranga County, where 24 percent are found and Nyandarua County, where 24 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Kang'ang'a is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 22 percent are found and Malawi, where 4 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 Kang'ang'a
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