Kanyala Surname
Approximately 9,761 people bear this surname
Kanyala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 7,456 | 1:2,461 | 338 |
| Tanzania | 1,221 | 1:43,359 | 4,925 |
| Thailand | 480 | 1:147,163 | 23,197 |
| Zambia | 254 | 1:62,401 | 5,595 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanyala (166) may also be a first name.
Kanyala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyala (Hindi: कांयला, Marathi: हैयालाल) is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 52,419th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 746,598 people. The last name Kanyala is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kanyala reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kanyala is also the 710,504th most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 166 people.
Kanyala is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 7,456 people, or 1 in 2,461. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 85 percent live, Centre Region, where 9 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso Kanyala exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanyala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanyala in the Marathi language | ||
| हैयालाल | haiyalala | - |
| Kanyala in the Hindi language | ||
| कांयला | kanyala | 50 |
| कन्याला | kan'yala | 50 |
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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 Kanyala
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