Kanjeke Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Kanjeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 56 | 1:283,034 | 16,318 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kanjeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanjeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanjeke is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanjeke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanjeke live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kanjeke is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 283,034. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 59 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 34 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent reside. Beside Zambia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 6 percent reside and Botswana, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kanjeke
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