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 more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyara is the 574,640th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,298,441 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyara live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 117 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 451 people, or 1 in 102,394. In Kenya Kanyara is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 34 percent live, Nairobi County, where 27 percent live and Nakuru County, where 16 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name 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 last name is primarily 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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