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 last name Kanyare is found most in Kenya. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyare? popularity and diffusion

Kanyare is the 279,796th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,277,006 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyare live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Kanyare is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name globally, held by 13 people.

The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 1,157 people, or 1 in 39,913. In Kenya Kanyare is most frequent in: Wajir County, where 72 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 17 percent reside and Narok County, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Kanyare exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Kanyare Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kanyare surname is principally 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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