Kanambaye Surname

156,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Kanambaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanambaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali2,7751:6,115382
Ivory Coast91:2,563,47041,100
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Kanambaye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanambaye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kanambaye occurs in Mali more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanambaye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 156,901st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,612,960 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanambaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Mande Africa.

Kanambaye is most frequent in Mali, where it is carried by 2,775 people, or 1 in 6,115. Barring Mali Kanambaye occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and Malawi, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Kanambaye
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