Kange Surname
Approximately 6,181 people bear this surname
Kange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,380 | 1:128,364 | 8,385 |
| DR Congo | 1,354 | 1:54,564 | 6,566 |
| Uganda | 1,333 | 1:29,287 | 4,017 |
| India | 702 | 1:1,092,686 | 45,004 |
| Papua New Guinea | 651 | 1:12,525 | 1,164 |
| Tanzania | 451 | 1:117,387 | 11,234 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Kenya | 21 | 1:2,199,043 | 36,489 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kange (1,086) may also be a first name.
Kange Demographics
Average Kange Salary in
United States
$70,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kange Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kange (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻜﻰ, Hindi: कांगे, Marathi: कांगे, Oriya: କେ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kange? popularity and diffusion
Kange is the 78,983rd most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,179,024 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Kange live; 29 percent live in East Africa and 28 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 242,240th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 1,086 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,380 people, or 1 in 128,364. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 84 percent reside, Plateau, where 3 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Uganda, where 22 percent reside.
Kange Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kange has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kange last name rose 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kange Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kange last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kange surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kange earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.37% more than the national average, earning R 350,196 per year; in United States they earn 62.52% more than the national average, earning $70,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.69% more than the national average, earning $54,496 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kange Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kange in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻜﻰ | kanky | - |
| Kange in the Oriya language | ||
| କେ | ke | - |
| Kange in the Marathi language | ||
| कांगे | kange | 50.82 |
| कानगे | kanage | 33.88 |
| कंगे | kange | 13.17 |
| कग | kaga | 0.58 |
| कंजे | kanje | 0.39 |
| कांगेे | kangee | 0.19 |
| कागे | kage | 0.19 |
| कणगे | kanage | 0.19 |
| कांजे | kanje | 0.19 |
| Kange in the Hindi language | ||
| कांगे | kange | 28.57 |
| कङे | kane | 28.57 |
| कंगे | kange | 28.57 |
| कनगे | kanage | 14.29 |
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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 Kange
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