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 is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkenge? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 839,220th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname Mkenge is predominantly found 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 widespread first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 170,230. In Tanzania Mkenge is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 58 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 25 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Mkenge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying 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
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- 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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