Kengeya Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Kengeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Kengeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kengeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kengeya occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kengeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,944,094th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kengeya are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kengeya is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 975,982. In Uganda Kengeya is mostly found in: Kamwenge District, where 38 percent live, Kiruhura District, where 10 percent live and Bushenyi District, where 8 percent live. Outside of Uganda Kengeya exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 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 Kengeya
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