Kanyany Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kanyany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanyany (6) may also be a first name.
Kanyany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyany occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyany? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Kanyany occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kanyany reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 20 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kanyany is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 6 people.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda Kanyany is mostly concentrated in: Kiryandongo District, where 50 percent reside and Tororo District, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Namibia, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Kanyany
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