Kanyiga Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Kanyiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kanyiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyiga is found most frequently in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyiga live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda Kanyiga is primarily found in: Kampala District, where 20 percent live, Butambala District, where 10 percent live and Mbarara District, where 10 percent live. Other than Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyinga | 93 | 643 | / |
| Kannyinga | 88 | 4 | / |
| Khanyinga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kaniega | 86 | 339 | / |
| Kanyigi | 86 | 10 | / |
| Kanyige | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kanjiga | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kanyega | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaniiga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanjinga | 80 | 14,755 | / |
| Kanyingi | 80 | 3,239 | / |
| Kanyenga | 80 | 3,212 | / |
| Kanyinge | 80 | 131 | / |
| Kanienga | 80 | 90 | / |
| Kanyighe | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kanyingo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Konyinga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaniinga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kagneiga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanyigou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanyigye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khanyige | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kainyingi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kamgneiga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyegaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyingou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyingie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanjigi | 71 | 71 | / |
| Kagnega | 71 | 25 | / |
| Kanjigo | 71 | 16 | / |
| Caniega | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kanyego | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kanyegi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanyege | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaniigi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyengi | 67 | 1,958 | / |
| Kanyenge | 67 | 1,141 | / |
| Kaniengi | 67 | 369 | / |
| Kanyengo | 67 | 295 | / |
| Kganyego | 67 | 96 | / |
| Kaniengo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kganyege | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kganyegi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kangenga | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kanyengy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanienge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanjingo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanyegye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Konienga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaniegou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanjingi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyeghe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanyiga
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