Kanyenya Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Kanyenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Uganda | 85 | 1:459,286 | 27,240 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Kenya | 48 | 1:962,081 | 34,106 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Kanyenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyenya is found most frequently in Malawi. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyenya is the 761,666th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyenya reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Without taking into account Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyenyea | 94 | 4 | / |
| Khanyenya | 94 | 2 | / |
| Kangenya | 88 | 243 | / |
| Kanyinya | 88 | 159 | / |
| Konyenya | 88 | 9 | / |
| Canyenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Khanyinya | 82 | 3 | / |
| Canoyenya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyinyo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kanyinja | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kanainya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kanhenha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanjinya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanaenia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kangayengea | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kanhainya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanojinya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaneynjad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kannaujinya | 63 | 3 | / |
| Kanjinja | 63 | 2 | / |
| Kounounya | 59 | 5 | / |
| Koniengia | 59 | 1 | / |
| Canejinha | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanyenya
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