Kanyanja Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Kanyanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 307 | 1:51,628 | 4,839 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanyanja (13) may also be a first name.
Kanyanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyanja is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyanja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 725,073rd most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name Kanyanja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyanja reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kanyanja is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 51,628. In Zambia it is most common in: Northern Province, where 37 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent reside. Not including Zambia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahanyanja | 89 | 7 | / |
| Kanyanya | 88 | 1,816 | / |
| Kanyanji | 88 | 397 | / |
| Kanyanje | 88 | 149 | / |
| Kanyanha | 88 | 92 | / |
| Konyanja | 88 | 13 | / |
| Kanyania | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kanyanjo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanyonja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanyaanya | 82 | 3 | / |
| Khanyanji | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kanyanjje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjye | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjui | 82 | 1 | / |
| Khanyanha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyange | 75 | 46,724 | / |
| Kanianji | 75 | 349 | / |
| Kanyanye | 75 | 175 | / |
| Kanjonja | 75 | 117 | / |
| Kaniania | 75 | 48 | / |
| Kanyonji | 75 | 12 | / |
| Kanyonje | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kanyonjo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Konjanja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kannyange | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kamjanjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kkanyange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyaange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyangeyo | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Kanyanja
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