Kanshahu Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Kanshahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanshahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanshahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanshahu is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanshahu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,817,111th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanshahu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 529,416. In Tanzania Kanshahu is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 94 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Burundi, where 1 percent reside and Rwanda, where 1 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
- 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 Kanshahu
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