Kanyanji Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Kanyanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 390 | 1:189,435 | 19,115 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanyanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyanji occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyanji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 730,373rd most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyanji live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Kanyanji is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 189,435. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khanyanji | 94 | 2 | / |
| Kanyanjui | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanja | 88 | 401 | / |
| Kanianji | 88 | 349 | / |
| Kanyanje | 88 | 149 | / |
| Kanjanji | 88 | 76 | / |
| Kanyonji | 88 | 12 | / |
| Kanyanjye | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kahanyanja | 78 | 7 | / |
| Kanyange | 75 | 46,724 | / |
| Kanjanja | 75 | 921 | / |
| Kanyanye | 75 | 175 | / |
| Konyanja | 75 | 13 | / |
| Kanyonje | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kanyonja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanionji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kannyange | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kamjanjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kkanyange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyaange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyangeyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanyonge | 63 | 234 | / |
| Kanjonja | 63 | 117 | / |
| Kaniange | 63 | 34 | / |
| Kanjange | 63 | 7 | / |
| Kanyonye | 63 | 3 | / |
| Konjanja | 63 | 1 | / |
| Konyange | 63 | 1 | / |
| Konyaneee | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kainyonge | 59 | 1 | / |
| Konyanyest | 56 | 1 | / |
| Konyonye | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanyanji
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