Kentiga Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Kentiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kentiga (4) may also be a first name.
Kentiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kentiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kentiga is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kentiga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kentiga reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kentiga is also the 6,192,526th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 4 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 9,176,050. In Burkina Faso Kentiga is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 50 percent reside and Centre-Est Region, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso Kentiga is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kientiga | 93 | 183 | / |
| Kentuiga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kientiega | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kintiga | 86 | 240 | / |
| Kentega | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kentuga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kientega | 80 | 20,008 | / |
| Kentugay | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kientéga | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kintiega | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kentugga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kienttega | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kkientega | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kintega | 71 | 428 | / |
| Kintigo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kentege | 71 | 1 | / |
| Centigo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kintigos | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kentegye | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kintigye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kientege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cintigo | 57 | 25 | / |
| Quintigo | 53 | 5 | / |
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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 Kentiga
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