Kanyeh Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Kanyeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kanyeh (21) may also be a first name.
Kanyeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyeh is found most in Liberia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Kanyeh live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Kanyeh is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 21 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia Kanyeh is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent live, Grand Gedeh County, where 8 percent live and Nimba County, where 8 percent live. Beside Liberia Kanyeh is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 39 percent live and Afghanistan, where 4 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 Kanyeh
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