Kanyenga Surname
Approximately 3,212 people bear this surname
Kanyenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,647 | 1:10,394 | 1,611 |
| DR Congo | 1,142 | 1:64,693 | 7,626 |
| Zambia | 178 | 1:89,045 | 7,373 |
| Zimbabwe | 166 | 1:93,001 | 13,275 |
| Namibia | 28 | 1:86,050 | 7,998 |
| Tanzania | 27 | 1:1,960,800 | 47,770 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanyenga (81) may also be a first name.
Kanyenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyenga is found most frequently in Malawi. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyenga? popularity and diffusion
Kanyenga is the 139,207th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,268,850 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyenga are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 81 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,647 people, or 1 in 10,394. Not including Malawi it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent live and Zambia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Kanyenga
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