Kerenge Surname
Approximately 1,497 people bear this surname
Kerenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,284 | 1:41,232 | 4,710 |
| Papua New Guinea | 170 | 1:47,963 | 5,967 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kerenge (189) may also be a first name.
Kerenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerenge occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kerenge is the 262,012th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,868,100 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kerenge reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kerenge is also the 661,310th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 189 people.
The surname Kerenge is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,284 people, or 1 in 41,232. In Tanzania Kerenge is most common in: Mara Region, where 59 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent live and Pwani Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Kerenge
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