Kanyerere Surname
Approximately 3,029 people bear this surname
Kanyerere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,542 | 1:11,102 | 1,709 |
| Tanzania | 764 | 1:69,295 | 7,304 |
| Uganda | 437 | 1:89,335 | 9,291 |
| Zimbabwe | 266 | 1:58,038 | 8,803 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanyerere (21) may also be a first name.
Kanyerere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyerere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyerere is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyerere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 146,381st most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,405,925 people. The last name Kanyerere is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyerere live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kanyerere is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname Kanyerere is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,542 people, or 1 in 11,102. Not including Malawi Kanyerere exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khanyerere | 95 | 26 | / |
| Kanyereri | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kanyerera | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kanyerire | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kanjerere | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kanherere | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kanyerhera | 84 | 116 | / |
| Kanoyerera | 84 | 85 | / |
| Khanyereri | 84 | 9 | / |
| Kaneyerera | 84 | 3 | / |
| Kanjereere | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kanyererha | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kanojerera | 74 | 125 | / |
| Kanejerera | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kanyirira | 67 | 85 | / |
| Kanyiriri | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kanyirire | 67 | 12 | / |
| Canierire | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kanauriri | 56 | 23 | / |
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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 Kanyerere
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