Kanganja Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Kanganja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 154 | 1:102,922 | 8,187 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Kanganja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanganja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanganja is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanganja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,385,851st most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanganja reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 102,922. In Zambia Kanganja is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 51 percent live and North-Western Province, where 47 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, 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 Kanganja
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