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 surname Kanshahu is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kanshahu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanshahu? popularity and diffusion
Kanshahu is the 1,817,111th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanshahu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kanshahu is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 529,416. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 94 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent live and Tanga Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burundi, where 1 percent live and Rwanda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kanshahu
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