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 surname Kasonje is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kasonje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasonje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 793,288th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The surname Kasonje is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasonje reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 323 people, or 1 in 163,906. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 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 Kasonje
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