Kanyana Surname
Approximately 5,956 people bear this surname
Kanyana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 3,411 | 1:3,332 | 821 |
| Uganda | 1,301 | 1:30,007 | 4,089 |
| Thailand | 550 | 1:128,433 | 19,492 |
| South Africa | 263 | 1:205,999 | 21,938 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| Burundi | 49 | 1:200,099 | 357 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kanyana (376) may also be a first name.
Kanyana Demographics
Average Kanyana Salary in
South Africa
R 75,156
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kanyana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyana (Bengali: কন্যা, Hindi: कन्याना, Marathi: कंयना) is held by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kanyana.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 81,532nd most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,223,564 people. The last name Kanyana is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kanyana live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 447,400th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 376 people.
The last name is most widely held in Rwanda, where it is borne by 3,411 people, or 1 in 3,332. Barring Rwanda Kanyana is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and Thailand, where 9 percent are found.
Kanyana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kanyana surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kanyana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.37% less than the national average, earning R 75,156 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanyana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanyana in the Bengali language | ||
| কন্যা | kan'ya | - |
| Kanyana in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्याना | kan'yana | 92.59 |
| कन्यना | kan'yana | 7.41 |
| Kanyana in the Marathi language | ||
| कंयना | kanyana | 50 |
| कान्यना | kan'yana | 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 Kanyana
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