Hanyanya Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Hanyanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 448 | 1:5,378 | 1,020 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hanyanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hanyanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hanyanya is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hanyanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 649,026th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hanyanya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is borne by 448 people, or 1 in 5,378. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Ohangwena Region, where 29 percent live, Omusati Region, where 28 percent live and Erongo Region, where 20 percent live. Excluding Namibia Hanyanya is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chanyanya | 94 | 30 | / |
| Anyanya | 93 | 131 | / |
| Hanyahanya | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ganyanya | 88 | 17 | / |
| Anyaanya | 88 | 9 | / |
| Anyanyah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Anoiyanya | 82 | 2 | / |
| Anyanyo | 80 | 315 | / |
| Anyonya | 80 | 43 | / |
| Onyanya | 80 | 34 | / |
| Anyanja | 80 | 7 | / |
| Anyania | 80 | 5 | / |
| Anyanha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hanjanja | 75 | 8 | / |
| Ganyanja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hanhania | 75 | 1 | / |
| Anyangna | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chanjanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hanjahanja | 67 | 684 | / |
| Onyanja | 67 | 98 | / |
| Anyanjo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Anjania | 67 | 20 | / |
| Hangiangia | 67 | 9 | / |
| Onyanyo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Anyonyo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agnagna | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aniania | 67 | 3 | / |
| Anjanja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anjanea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyagna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anyagno | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hanyanya
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