Kasonje Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Kasonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 323 | 1:163,906 | 14,587 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Kasonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kasonje is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasonje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 793,288th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasonje live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kasonje is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 163,906. In Tanzania Kasonje is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 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
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- 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 Kasonje
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