Kanyere Surname
Approximately 5,616 people bear this surname
Kanyere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4,214 | 1:17,532 | 2,182 |
| Uganda | 901 | 1:43,329 | 5,444 |
| Zimbabwe | 376 | 1:41,059 | 6,340 |
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanyere (587) may also be a first name.
Kanyere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyere has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 85,844th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,297,640 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyere reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 345,345th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 587 people.
The surname Kanyere is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4,214 people, or 1 in 17,532. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 16 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 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 Kanyere
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