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 last name Kanyenya is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanyenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 761,666th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyenya are found; 49 percent are found in Southern Africa and 49 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.
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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