Kangueye Surname
Approximately 562 people bear this surname
Kangueye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 540 | 1:35,541 | 1,958 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Kangueye (133) may also be a first name.
Kangueye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangueye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kangueye is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangueye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 563,577th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,967,164 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangueye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 804,402nd most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 133 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 540 people, or 1 in 35,541. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 68 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 27 percent live and Dosso Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent live and Guinea, where 0 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 Kangueye
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