Kanyasu Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Kanyasu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 279 | 1:189,755 | 16,339 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kanyasu (11) may also be a first name.
Kanyasu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyasu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyasu is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyasu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 937,786th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyasu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 279 people, or 1 in 189,755. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Geita Region, where 72 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 26 percent live and Njombe Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kanyasu
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