Kihanga Surname
Approximately 3,802 people bear this surname
Kihanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,514 | 1:21,059 | 2,645 |
| DR Congo | 1,218 | 1:60,656 | 7,230 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Kenya | 26 | 1:1,776,150 | 35,982 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kihangá (1) are calculated separately.
Kihanga (181) may also be a first name.
Kihanga Demographics
Kihanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kihanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kihanga occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Kihangá. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kihanga is the 120,573rd most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,916,766 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kihanga live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kihanga is also the 677,199th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 181 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,514 people, or 1 in 21,059. In Tanzania Kihanga is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 29 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 17 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Kihanga exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Kihanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kihanga
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