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 surname Kanyara is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 574,640th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,298,441 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyara are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 117 people.
Kanyara is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 102,394. In Kenya Kanyara is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 34 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 27 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 16 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.
Kanyara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis