Kanyabu Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kanyabu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kanyabu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia951:166,84111,651
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kanyabu (22) may also be a first name.

Kanyabu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanyabu is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyabu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,518,885th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyabu reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kanyabu is also the 2,301,746th most common first name in the world, held by 22 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 166,841. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 85 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 4 percent live. Excluding Zambia Kanyabu exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanyabut93740/
Kanyabud937/
Kanyabuy931/
Kanyabuha88110/
Kanyabuth885/
Kaniabu865/
Kanyanpu806/
Kanhabou801/
Kanyampu801/
Kaneabou801/
Kanjaibud7519/
Koniabou671/
Kanyompu671/
Kanjovu57407/
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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 Kanyabu
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