Kong'a Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Kong'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 186 | 1:248,279 | 16,968 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
Kong'a Demographics
Kong'a Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kong'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kong'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kong'a is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kong'a? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 853,416th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname Kong'a occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kong'a live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 248,279. In Kenya Kong'a is most frequent in: Baringo County, where 37 percent live, Kisii County, where 37 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 18 percent live. Beside Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 41 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Kong'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kong'a surname is principally 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 Kong'a
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