Kanyakula Surname
Approximately 976 people bear this surname
Kanyakula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 881 | 1:17,991 | 2,008 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kanyakula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyakula Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyakula is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyakula? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 368,594th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,466,748 people. The last name Kanyakula occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyakula are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Kanyakula is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 881 people, or 1 in 17,991. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 48 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 33 percent reside and Central Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and India, 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
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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
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