Kanyie Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Kanyie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 25 | 1:734,084 | 8,477 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kanyie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyie occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kanyie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Kanyie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kanyie are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Kanyie is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 734,084. In Burkina Faso Kanyie is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 96 percent are found and Centre-Ouest Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Burkina Faso it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Indonesia, 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
- 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 Kanyie
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