Karengesha Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Karengesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 260 | 1:59,378 | 8,995 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Karengesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karengesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karengesha has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karengesha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 980,795th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Karengesha live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Karengesha is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 59,378. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 83 percent live, Harare Province, where 13 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 4 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karengesa | 95 | 8 | / |
| Karengasha | 90 | 1 | / |
| Kerengesha | 90 | 1 | / |
| Karengeza | 84 | 1 | / |
| Karingasha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khairinesha | 76 | 1 | / |
| Karengezi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Keringesay | 70 | 12 | / |
| Quarengesser | 64 | 10 | / |
| Karingisi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Karingiso | 63 | 1 | / |
| Quarngesser | 57 | 3 | / |
| Qarinisa | 56 | 1 | / |
| Cariniosa | 53 | 3 | / |
| Karingizi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kayriniso | 53 | 1 | / |
| Corienisah | 50 | 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
- 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 Karengesha
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