Kanyawawa Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Kanyawawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 98 | 1:540,221 | 34,788 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
Kanyawawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyawawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyawawa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanyawawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyawawa? popularity and diffusion
Kanyawawa is the 1,755,741st most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyawawa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 540,221. In Tanzania it is most common in: Pwani Region, where 96 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Kanyawawa
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