Kanguye Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Kanguye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 242 | 1:218,767 | 18,242 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanguye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanguye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanguye is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanguye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 966,131st most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanguye reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 218,767. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live, Geita Region, where 0 percent live and Kagera Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 8 percent live and Zambia, where 1 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 Kanguye
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