Kanyeke Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Kanyeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanyeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyeke is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyeke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyeke is the 3,055,934th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. Kanyeke is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kanyeke reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Kanyeke is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 1,148,214. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Rakai District, where 59 percent reside, Lwengo District, where 21 percent reside and Lyantonde District, where 9 percent reside. Other than Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 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 Kanyeke
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