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 last name Kanyige occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanyige click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyige? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanyige is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Kanyige occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyige are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Kanyige is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 80 percent live. Not including Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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