Kange

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kange is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • KEKenya≈1 in 1.6M(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 3.8M
  • INIndia1 in 166M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Kenya (inferred from the name graph)

≈34 people, est.

Sources
37 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.6M (inferred from the name graph)

Kenya, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kange counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kange is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KE Kenya≈34 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Kange10
AR Argentina121 in 3.8M12——
IN India81 in 166M8Kange9
NG Nigeria———Kange17
US United States———Kange37
CM Cameroon———Kange4
UG Uganda———Kange6

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kange is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, India, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kånge

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Cameroon

    Also written Kangé

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kange is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Estonian, stiff, hard

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In dru, fish

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Kange
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—12—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—8#142,319
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—4#163,601

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Kange have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 34 people named Kange in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kange.
How common is the name Kange?
In Argentina, the national register counted 12 people named Kange, about 1 in 3.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kange”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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