Kanyango Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Kanyango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 177 | 1:220,561 | 17,152 |
| Kenya | 101 | 1:457,227 | 24,042 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kanyango (51) may also be a first name.
Kanyango Demographics
Kanyango Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanyango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyango occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyango? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 872,430th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. Kanyango occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyango reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanyango is also the 1,396,783rd most prevalent forename world-wide. It is borne by 51 people.
This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 220,561. In Uganda it is most common in: Budaka District, where 27 percent are found, Mbale District, where 16 percent are found and Pallisa District, where 15 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Kanyango Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
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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 Kanyango
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