Kanyenye Surname
Approximately 1,600 people bear this surname
Kanyenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 868 | 1:60,993 | 6,546 |
| DR Congo | 623 | 1:118,587 | 12,916 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 1:223,743 | 25,019 |
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanyenye (59) may also be a first name.
Kanyenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyenye is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyenye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 248,333rd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,554,716 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyenye are found; 55 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kanyenye is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 59 people.
The surname Kanyenye is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 868 people, or 1 in 60,993. In Tanzania Kanyenye is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 43 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyenyea | 94 | 4 | / |
| Kanyenge | 88 | 1,141 | / |
| Kanyenje | 88 | 435 | / |
| Konyenye | 88 | 15 | / |
| Kangenye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanyengei | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanyengeya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kanjenje | 75 | 250 | / |
| Kangenge | 75 | 114 | / |
| Kanyenji | 75 | 29 | / |
| Kanaynoy | 75 | 19 | / |
| Kanienge | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kanienie | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kanjenge | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kanyenou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanoynay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kangayengea | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kanhainye | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kanyinyia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Konayenie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanaynaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khanayanee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanyingiya | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Kanyenye
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