Kanyembu Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Kanyembu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Zambia | 80 | 1:198,124 | 13,036 |
Kanyembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyembu occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyembu? popularity and diffusion
Kanyembu is the 1,364,059th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyembu are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Kanyembu is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Outside of The DR Congo Kanyembu is found in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 49 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
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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
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