Kanyanda Surname

192,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kanyanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi9151:18,7092,930
Zambia6521:24,3102,601
DR Congo3351:220,53621,570
Namibia1531:15,7482,858
Zimbabwe1211:127,58916,979
England21:27,859,030389,889
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kanyanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanyanda is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyanda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 192,879th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,339,847 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyanda are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Kanyanda is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 915 people, or 1 in 18,709. Aside from Malawi this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.

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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 Kanyanda
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