Kasinja Surname

112,536th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kasinja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kasinja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4,0521:4,225585
Zimbabwe291:532,35342,865
Tanzania121:4,411,80154,433
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Botswana41:546,73222,624
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kasinja (11) may also be a first name.

Kasinja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kasinja is most common in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kasinja? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kasinja is the 112,536th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,770,541 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasinja are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 11 people.

Kasinja is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 4,052 people, or 1 in 4,225. Other than Malawi Kasinja exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 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 Kasinja
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