Mkenge Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Mkenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 311 | 1:170,230 | 14,948 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mkenge (12) may also be a first name.
Mkenge Demographics
Mkenge Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mkenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkenge occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mkenge is the 839,220th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. Mkenge occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkenge reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 12 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 170,230. In Tanzania Mkenge is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 58 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 25 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Mkenge exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Mkenge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mkenge last name is predominantly 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 Mkenge
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