Kanyalu Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Kanyalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 124 | 1:426,948 | 29,878 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Kanyalu (100) may also be a first name.
Kanyalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyalu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanyalu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyalu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,459,453rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyalu are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 946,056th most numerous forename in the world, held by 100 people.
The surname Kanyalu is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Pwani Region, where 51 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 39 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 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
- 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 Kanyalu
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