Kasakanya Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Kasakanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 54 | 1:293,517 | 16,670 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kasakanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasakanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kasakanya has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasakanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasakanya reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 293,517. In Zambia Kasakanya is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 56 percent live, Central Province, where 33 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 2 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 Kasakanya
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