Kanyara Surname
Approximately 548 people bear this surname
Kanyara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 451 | 1:102,394 | 8,916 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanyara (117) may also be a first name.
Kanyara Demographics
Kanyara Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanyara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyara is found most in Kenya. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 574,640th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 13,298,441 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyara reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 117 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 451 people, or 1 in 102,394. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 34 percent live, Nairobi County, where 27 percent live and Nakuru County, where 16 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.
Kanyara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kanyara last name is predominantly Christian (100%) 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 Kanyara
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