Kasongi Surname
Approximately 2,765 people bear this surname
Kasongi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,705 | 1:19,572 | 2,493 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kasongi (99) may also be a first name.
Kasongi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasongi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kasongi occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasongi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 158,074th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,635,640 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasongi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kasongi is also the 951,070th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 99 people.
Kasongi is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,705 people, or 1 in 19,572. In Tanzania Kasongi is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 31 percent reside, Geita Region, where 27 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 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 Kasongi
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