Kanyele Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Kanyele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Kenya | 159 | 1:290,440 | 18,686 |
| Namibia | 30 | 1:80,313 | 7,828 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Tanzania | 22 | 1:2,406,437 | 48,353 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kanyele (105) may also be a first name.
Kanyele Demographics
Kanyele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanyele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyele is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyele is the 684,148th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. Kanyele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyele reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanyele is also the 920,134th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 105 people.
Kanyele is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 37 percent live and Namibia, where 7 percent live.
Kanyele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kanyele last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kanyele
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