Kanyanye Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Kanyanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| Namibia | 23 | 1:104,757 | 8,986 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanyanye (10) may also be a first name.
Kanyanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyanye is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyanye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,295,379th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Kanyanye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyanye reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 350,607. In Tanzania Kanyanye is most prevalent in: Njombe Region, where 89 percent live, Iringa Region, where 6 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Tanzania Kanyanye occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 13 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyanjye | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kanyangeye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kanyange | 88 | 46,724 | / |
| Kanyanje | 88 | 149 | / |
| Kanyanee | 88 | 15 | / |
| Kanyonye | 88 | 3 | / |
| Kanhainye | 82 | 22 | / |
| Kannyange | 82 | 9 | / |
| Kanyanjje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyaange | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanyya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kkanyange | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyangeyo | 78 | 2 | / |
| Konyanyest | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanyangoya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanja | 75 | 401 | / |
| Kanyanji | 75 | 397 | / |
| Kanjanee | 75 | 353 | / |
| Kanyonge | 75 | 234 | / |
| Kanyanoi | 75 | 132 | / |
| Konyanee | 75 | 123 | / |
| Kaniange | 75 | 34 | / |
| Kanjange | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kanyonje | 75 | 7 | / |
| Konyange | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyonee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konyonye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyangai | 71 | 9 | / |
| Khanjanay | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khonyanee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khanyanji | 71 | 2 | / |
| Konyaneee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koonyanee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyanjui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kainyonge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyangoji | 67 | 123 | / |
| Kahanyanja | 67 | 7 | / |
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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 Kanyanye
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