Kanyetu Surname
Approximately 916 people bear this surname
Kanyetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 838 | 1:2,875 | 469 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanyetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyetu occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyetu? popularity and diffusion
Kanyetu is the 387,397th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,955,836 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyetu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 838 people, or 1 in 2,875. In Namibia Kanyetu is most common in: Kavango East Region, where 74 percent reside, Kavango West Region, where 21 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Namibia Kanyetu occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 5 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kanyetu
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