Kanyaa Surname
Approximately 1,500 people bear this surname
Kanyaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,460 | 1:31,630 | 3,455 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kanyaa (464) may also be a first name.
Kanyaa Demographics
Kanyaa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanyaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyaa (Hindi: क्न्या) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyaa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 261,614th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,858,364 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyaa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanyaa is also the 395,684th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 464 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,460 people, or 1 in 31,630. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 82 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 7 percent reside and Machakos County, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 2 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.
Kanyaa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kanyaa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanyaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanyaa in the Hindi language | ||
| क्न्या | kn'ya | - |
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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 Kanyaa
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