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 last name Kahanya (Hindi: काहन्या, Marathi: काहन्या) is most common in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kahanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kahanya is the 807,857th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kahanya live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kahanya is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 28 people.
The surname Kahanya is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 99 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania Kahanya exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 42 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Kahanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name 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
- 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 Kahanya
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