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
Kanyeke is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kanyeke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kanyeke reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous 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 are found, Lwengo District, where 21 percent are found and Lyantonde District, where 9 percent are found. Barring Uganda Kanyeke occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.
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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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