Kanyengele Surname

403,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kanyengele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyengele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4101:129,12612,118
DR Congo4041:182,87018,550
Zambia541:293,51716,670
England11:55,718,059489,080

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

Kanyengele is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyengele? popularity and diffusion

Kanyengele is the 403,615th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,386,129 people. The surname Kanyengele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyengele reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanyengele is also the 1,201,840th most widely held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 66 people.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 129,126. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 91 percent are found, Katavi Region, where 2 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 46 percent are found and Zambia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanyegele956/
Kangengele9021/
Kanyenyele904/
Kaniengele904/
Kanyenjele901/
Kanyegeli84274/
Kanyeneli841/
Kanyingela8021/
Kanyenyeli804/
Kanyenyela801/
Konyinjila504/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis