Kangenya Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Kangenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 241 | 1:65,767 | 5,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Kangenya (123) may also be a first name.
Kangenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kangenya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangenya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,035,555th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name Kangenya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangenya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 123 people.
The surname Kangenya is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 65,767. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 96 percent are found, Central Province, where 2 percent are found and Southern Province, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Namibia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kagenya | 93 | 150 | / |
| Kanenya | 93 | 96 | / |
| Kasengenya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Khanenya | 88 | 570 | / |
| Kanyenya | 88 | 375 | / |
| Kanhenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kainginya | 82 | 8 | / |
| Kanyenyea | 82 | 4 | / |
| Khanyenya | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kaginya | 80 | 81 | / |
| Kagenyo | 80 | 76 | / |
| Konenya | 80 | 16 | / |
| Kanenea | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kaninya | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kagenja | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kagenha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kanenha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanenia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanengejya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanyinya | 75 | 159 | / |
| Kanyonya | 75 | 42 | / |
| Konyenya | 75 | 9 | / |
| Khaninya | 75 | 6 | / |
| Kanainya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Canyenya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khaginya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanjinya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanhenha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamhenya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanhainya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Khanyinya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kanguenjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keinginya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaninia | 67 | 30 | / |
| Konenia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Konynya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Canenea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaninyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanhnha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanniņa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaneynjad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canigna | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kangenya
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