Kanye Surname
Approximately 2,135 people bear this surname
Kanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,202 | 1:12,844 | 1,728 |
| South Africa | 465 | 1:116,511 | 13,897 |
| Benin | 180 | 1:57,420 | 7,121 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Burkina Faso | 50 | 1:367,042 | 5,907 |
| Zambia | 44 | 1:360,226 | 18,771 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kanye (375) may also be a first name.
Kanye Demographics
Average Kanye Salary in
South Africa
R 196,032
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanye (Arabic: كانيي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻲ, Hindi: कन्ये) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 196,336th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,413,370 people. The last name Kanye is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kanye reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kanye is also the 448,097th most widespread first name globally, borne by 375 people.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,202 people, or 1 in 12,844. In Zimbabwe Kanye is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 31 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 26 percent are found and Matabeleland North Province, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and Benin, where 8 percent are found.
Kanye Last Name Statistics demography
Kanye earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.51% less than the national average, earning R 196,032 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanye in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्ये | kan'ye | - |
| Kanye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻲ | kany | 50 |
| ﻛﺎﻧﻴﺔ | kanyt | 25 |
| ﻛﻨﻴﺎ | knya | 25 |
| Kanye in the Arabic language | ||
| كانيي | kanyy | - |
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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 Kanye
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