Kangwagye Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Kangwagye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 232 | 1:168,273 | 14,348 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Kangwagye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangwagye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kangwagye is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangwagye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,064,392nd most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangwagye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 232 people, or 1 in 168,273. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Isingiro District, where 17 percent live, Ntungamo District, where 12 percent live and Kamwenge District, where 9 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Rwanda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kangwangye | 95 | 6 | / |
| Kangawagye | 95 | 1 | / |
| Kyangwagye | 95 | 1 | / |
| Kagwagye | 94 | 12 | / |
| Kangwage | 94 | 7 | / |
| Kangwange | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kang'wange | 84 | 6 | / |
| Kangwagi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kangwaga | 82 | 1 | / |
| Keigwagye | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanukagye | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kagwangye | 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
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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 Kangwagye
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