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 last name Kanyene has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanyene is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname Kanyene occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyene are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 232,305. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 94 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso it occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Kanyene
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