Kanyera Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Kanyera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 877 | 1:17,603 | 2,579 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanyera (42) may also be a first name.
Kanyera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyera is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kanyera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyera? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 380,576th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 7,777,530 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyera reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 42 people.
Kanyera is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 877 people, or 1 in 17,603. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 73 percent are found, Harare Province, where 12 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe Kanyera exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Kanyera
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