Kengia Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Kengia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 148 | 1:357,714 | 26,551 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kengia (11) may also be a first name.
Kengia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kengia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kengia is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kengia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,257,535th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kengia reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kengia is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
The last name Kengia is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 357,714. In Tanzania Kengia is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 87 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 6 percent reside and Mara Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, 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 Kengia
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