Kaniala Surname

933,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kaniala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaniala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2271:233,22319,155
Uganda411:952,17842,125
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706

Kaniala (13) may also be a first name.

Kaniala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kaniala is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaniala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kaniala is the 933,049th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaniala reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kaniala is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 233,223. In Tanzania Kaniala is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 97 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 2 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 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 Kaniala
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