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
The last name Kanyerere occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyerere? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyerere is the 146,381st most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,405,925 people. The surname Kanyerere occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyerere reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kanyerere is also the 2,368,944th most common first name at a global level, held by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,542 people, or 1 in 11,102. Apart from Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs 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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