Kanyete Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kanyete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe781:197,92623,035
Uganda681:574,10731,082
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kanyete Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanyete is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyete? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,415,499th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. Kanyete is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyete reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Kanyete is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 197,926. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 64 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 26 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 44 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 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 Kanyete
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