Kanyara Surname

574,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kanyara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4511:102,3948,916
Zimbabwe361:428,84037,622
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kanyara (117) may also be a first name.

Kanyara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanyara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kanyara occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyara? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 574,640th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,298,441 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyara live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanyara is also the 864,112th most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 117 people.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 102,394. In Kenya Kanyara is most common in: Kiambu County, where 34 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 27 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Kanyara occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

Kanyara Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kanyara surname is principally 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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