Kanyau Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kanyau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kanyau Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1541:299,86919,047
Tanzania1111:476,95132,497
Malaysia391:756,26235,302
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kanyau (15) may also be a first name.

Kanyau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanyau (Hindi: कन्यौ) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 864,701st most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kanyau live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanyau is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 15 people.

The surname Kanyau is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 299,869. In Kenya Kanyau is most frequent in: Meru County, where 66 percent live, Makueni County, where 27 percent live and Kitui County, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 35 percent live and Malaysia, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanyaou921/
Kanyahut864/
Kanaiyau863/
Kanyahud861/
Kanyou83265/
Kanhaiyau804/
Konyaou778/
Khanyou776/
Kagnaou771/
Kanyout771/
Kahnyou771/
Canyaus771/
Kangnaou711/
Konyou6745/
Caniau6727/
Canyou674/
Keagnahou673/
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Kanyau Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanyau in the Hindi language
कन्यौkan'yau-

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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 Kanyau
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