Kanyengele Surname
Approximately 869 people bear this surname
Kanyengele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 410 | 1:129,126 | 12,118 |
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Zambia | 54 | 1:293,517 | 16,670 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kanyengele (66) may also be a first name.
Kanyengele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyengele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyengele has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyengele? popularity and diffusion
Kanyengele is the 403,615th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,386,129 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyengele reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 66 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 410 people, or 1 in 129,126. In Tanzania Kanyengele is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 91 percent are found, Katavi Region, where 2 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 46 percent are found and Zambia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyegele | 95 | 6 | / |
| Kangengele | 90 | 21 | / |
| Kanyenyele | 90 | 4 | / |
| Kaniengele | 90 | 4 | / |
| Kanyenjele | 90 | 1 | / |
| Kanyegeli | 84 | 274 | / |
| Kanyeneli | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kanyingela | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kanyenyeli | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kanyenyela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Konyinjila | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Kanyengele
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