Kahanya Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Kahanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 162 | 1:326,800 | 24,625 |
| Kenya | 146 | 1:316,301 | 19,644 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kahanya (28) may also be a first name.
Kahanya Demographics
Kahanya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kahanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahanya (Hindi: काहन्या, Marathi: काहन्या) is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 807,857th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kahanya are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 99 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 42 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Kahanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahanya in the Hindi language | ||
| काहन्या | kahan'ya | 50 |
| कन्हैया | kanhaiya | 50 |
| Kahanya in the Marathi language | ||
| काहन्या | kahan'ya | 44.44 |
| कहान्या | kahan'ya | 44.44 |
| काहान्या | kahan'ya | 11.11 |
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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 Kahanya
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