Kanyika Surname

25,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,948 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kanyika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi12,1551:1,408133
Tanzania5,5651:9,5131,242
Zambia2,1681:7,311868
DR Congo9781:75,5418,781
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Namibia31:803,13415,170
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Kanyika (392) may also be a first name.

Kanyika Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanyika Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kanyika is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyika? popularity and diffusion

It is the 25,714th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,887 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyika live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 436,979th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 392 people.

The surname Kanyika is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 12,155 people, or 1 in 1,408. Other than Malawi Kanyika exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent reside and Zambia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanyikaa934/
Kanyike865,427/
Kanyiki864,359/
Kanyeka86385/
Kanjika8631/
Kanyiko862/
Kaniika861/
Kanieka861/
Kaniyka861/
Kaunjika80510/
Kaniecka8033/
Kannyike801/
Kanyikyi801/
Kanyoike801/
Kkanyike801/
Khanyike801/
Kaaniika801/
Kounyika801/
Kanjikkat751/
Kanyeki71748/
Kanjeka71134/
Kangeka7170/
Kaniike7162/
Kanyeke7141/
Kanhica7116/
Kanhike717/
Kamjika715/
Kanyeko715/
Kanjiko714/
Kanjiki712/
Kanjike712/
Kanieki712/
Kaniiki712/
Kaniyke712/
Konyiki711/
Kanieko711/
Kañuika711/
Kanieke711/
Kaniica711/
Konyiko711/
Kanieski67408/
Khanyice674/
Kannjeka673/
Kanieske672/
Kanehiko671/
Konyikeh671/
Kaniecke671/
Kannyeke671/
Kanyichi671/

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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 Kanyika
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