Kanyene Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Kanyene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 79 | 1:232,305 | 4,710 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Kanyene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyene is most common in Burkina Faso. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kanyene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyene is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname Kanyene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyene live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kanyene is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 232,305. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 94 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kanyene
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