Kang'ethe Surname

47,075th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kang'ethe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kang'ethe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya10,9841:4,204606
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Kang'ethe (2,165) may also be a first name.

Kang'ethe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kang'ethe occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 47,075th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 662,444 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kang'ethe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 161,154th most numerous given name on earth, held by 2,165 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 10,984 people, or 1 in 4,204. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 29 percent are found, Muranga County, where 20 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Kang'ethe occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Kang'ethe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kang'ethe surname is chiefly Christian (100%) 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'ethe
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