Kanyenyezi Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kanyenyezi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyenyezi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kanyenyezi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanyenyezi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kanyenyezi is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyenyezi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyenyezi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 2,168,849. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kanungu District, where 50 percent reside, Kisoro District, where 11 percent reside and Kampala District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Uganda it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Kanyenyezi
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