Kanchora Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kanchora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanchora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1471:314,14919,561
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Kanchora (184) may also be a first name.

Kanchora Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanchora is most common in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kanchora click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanchora? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanchora is the 1,447,279th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanchora are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 671,014th most common first name on earth, borne by 184 people.

The last name Kanchora is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 314,149. In Kenya Kanchora is primarily concentrated in: Isiolo County, where 87 percent live, Lamu County, where 6 percent live and Mombasa County, where 3 percent live. Beside Kenya Kanchora is found in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.

Kanchora Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kanchora surname is predominantly Muslim (75%) in Kenya.

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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 Kanchora
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