Kanisio Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kanisio Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanisio Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4581:115,59311,085
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kanisio (242) may also be a first name.

Kanisio Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanisio is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanisio? popularity and diffusion

Kanisio is the 641,055th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. The last name Kanisio occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kanisio live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanisio is also the 574,510th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 242 people.

Kanisio is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 115,593. In Tanzania Kanisio is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 35 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 23 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 20 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 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
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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 Kanisio
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