Kernga Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kernga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Kernga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kernga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kernga is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kernga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Kernga reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Kernga is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 92 percent live and Chimbu, where 8 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 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 Kernga
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