Kanakye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kanakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanakye is found in Rwanda more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kanakye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanakye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kanakye is most frequently held in Rwanda, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,841,244. Not including Rwanda Kanakye occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent live.
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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 Kanakye
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