Kanyelo Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kanyelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kanyelo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanyelo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kanyelo is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyelo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kanyelo reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 63 percent live, Western Cape, where 31 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent live.

Kanyelo Last Name Statistics demography

Kanyelo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.11% less than the national average, earning R 87,660 per year.

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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 Kanyelo
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