Kenga Surname
Approximately 30,543 people bear this surname
Kenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 23,573 | 1:1,959 | 301 |
| DR Congo | 5,165 | 1:14,304 | 1,775 |
| Albania | 446 | 1:6,534 | 1,251 |
| India | 281 | 1:2,729,770 | 84,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 240 | 1:33,974 | 3,987 |
| Cameroon | 221 | 1:93,978 | 11,213 |
| Congo | 141 | 1:35,384 | 3,446 |
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| Russia | 81 | 1:1,779,297 | 115,341 |
| Latvia | 68 | 1:30,148 | 4,623 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
The alternate forms: Kënga (77) are calculated separately.
Kenga (5,689) may also be a first name.
Kenga Demographics
Kenga Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenga (Arabic: كنغا, Marathi: कोेंगा, Russian: Кенга) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kënga. Click here for further potential spellings of Kenga.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,070th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 238,600 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kenga live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kenga is also the 88,626th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 5,689 people.
Kenga is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 23,573 people, or 1 in 1,959. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kilifi County, where 76 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 11 percent are found and Kwale County, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it exists in 55 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Albania, where 1 percent are found.
Kenga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kenga surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (95%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenga in the Marathi language | ||
| कोेंगा | koenga | - |
| Kenga in the Russian language | ||
| Кенга | kenga | - |
| Kenga in the Arabic language | ||
| كنغا | kngha | - |
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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 Kenga
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