Kangye Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kangye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kangye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2191:178,26214,925
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
China61:227,886,92811,701
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kangye (1,535) may also be a first name.

Kangye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kangye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kangye occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kangye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 988,329th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. Kangye is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kangye are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 197,958th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,535 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 178,262. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Rukungiri District, where 15 percent are found, Isingiro District, where 14 percent are found and Ntungamo District, where 11 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and Taiwan, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Kangye
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