Kangama Surname
Approximately 3,330 people bear this surname
Kangama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2,969 | 1:5,715 | 362 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Guinea | 101 | 1:117,167 | 874 |
| Niger | 86 | 1:223,163 | 7,312 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Kangama (43) may also be a first name.
Kangama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kangama is held by more people in Mali than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kangama.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 135,084th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,188,452 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangama reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 43 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Mali, where it is carried by 2,969 people, or 1 in 5,715. Aside from Mali Kangama exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Guinea, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kangama
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