Kanyige Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kanyige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanyige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyige is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyige? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyige live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 80 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyinge | 93 | 131 | / |
| Kanyighe | 93 | 9 | / |
| Khanyige | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kanyigye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kanyingie | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanyiga | 86 | 22 | / |
| Kanyigi | 86 | 10 | / |
| Kanyege | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanyize | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanyingi | 80 | 3,239 | / |
| Kanyenge | 80 | 1,141 | / |
| Kganyege | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kanienge | 80 | 4 | / |
| Khanyice | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kanyegye | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kanyeghe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kainyingi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kanyesgye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kanyezi | 71 | 638 | / |
| Kaniega | 71 | 339 | / |
| Kanyesi | 71 | 240 | / |
| Kangeze | 71 | 114 | / |
| Kanyeza | 71 | 108 | / |
| Kanyeze | 71 | 98 | / |
| Kanjigi | 71 | 71 | / |
| Kangezi | 71 | 47 | / |
| Kanyiji | 71 | 34 | / |
| Kanyiza | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kanyizi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kenjige | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kanjiga | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kanyegi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanjege | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kanjize | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanyeje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyeji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaniise | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaniigi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanieze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaniiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khanyeza | 67 | 2,409 | / |
| Kanyengi | 67 | 1,958 | / |
| Khanyezi | 67 | 788 | / |
| Kaniengi | 67 | 369 | / |
| Kangenge | 67 | 114 | / |
| Kganyegi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kanyezeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanyengy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanjenge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kangeizi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kanieser | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khanyeze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khanyiza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khanyesi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanyeche | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kangezhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khangezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanjingi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyedzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khanyizi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyichi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyerzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangeche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyajji | 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
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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 Kanyige
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