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
Kanyige is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyige? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanyige is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyige live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kanyige is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Kanyige is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 80 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 14 percent are found.
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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