Kasanka Surname
Approximately 761 people bear this surname
Kasanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Zambia | 265 | 1:59,811 | 5,423 |
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kasanka (20) may also be a first name.
Kasanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kasanka is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasanka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kasanka is the 447,670th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,576,276 people. The surname Kasanka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasanka reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 20 people.
It is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 308 people, or 1 in 239,869. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 35 percent reside and Tanzania, where 16 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 Kasanka
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