Kanyare Surname

279,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kanyare Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyare Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,1571:39,9134,207
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England31:18,572,686338,250
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Kanyare (13) may also be a first name.

Kanyare Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanyare occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kanyare click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyare? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 279,796th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,277,006 people. The surname Kanyare occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyare reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Kanyare is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,157 people, or 1 in 39,913. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Wajir County, where 72 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 17 percent reside and Narok County, where 10 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Kanyare Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kanyare last name is primarily Muslim (92%) in Kenya.

Kanyare earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.54% less than the national average, earning $34,719 USD per year.

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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 Kanyare
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