Kanuya Surname
Approximately 1,459 people bear this surname
Kanuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,451 | 1:36,486 | 4,243 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanuya (39) may also be a first name.
Kanuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanuya (Marathi: कांउया) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanuya? popularity and diffusion
Kanuya is the 267,663rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,994,891 people. The surname Kanuya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanuya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanuya is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 39 people.
The surname Kanuya is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,451 people, or 1 in 36,486. In Tanzania Kanuya is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 83 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanuya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanuya in the Marathi language | ||
| कांउया | kamuya | - |
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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 Kanuya
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