Kaniala Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Kaniala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 227 | 1:233,223 | 19,155 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
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
Kaniala is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaniala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 933,049th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This 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. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 233,223. In Tanzania Kaniala is most numerous in: Iringa Region, where 97 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 2 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Kaniala
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