Kanyika Surname
Approximately 20,948 people bear this surname
Kanyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 12,155 | 1:1,408 | 133 |
| Tanzania | 5,565 | 1:9,513 | 1,242 |
| Zambia | 2,168 | 1:7,311 | 868 |
| DR Congo | 978 | 1:75,541 | 8,781 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyikaa | 93 | 4 | / |
| Kanyike | 86 | 5,427 | / |
| Kanyiki | 86 | 4,359 | / |
| Kanyeka | 86 | 385 | / |
| Kanjika | 86 | 31 | / |
| Kanyiko | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kaniika | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanieka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaniyka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaunjika | 80 | 510 | / |
| Kaniecka | 80 | 33 | / |
| Kannyike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanyikyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanyoike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kkanyike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khanyike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaaniika | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kounyika | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanjikkat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanyeki | 71 | 748 | / |
| Kanjeka | 71 | 134 | / |
| Kangeka | 71 | 70 | / |
| Kaniike | 71 | 62 | / |
| Kanyeke | 71 | 41 | / |
| Kanhica | 71 | 16 | / |
| Kanhike | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kamjika | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanyeko | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanjiko | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kanjiki | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanjike | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanieki | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kaniiki | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kaniyke | 71 | 2 | / |
| Konyiki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanieko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kañuika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanieke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaniica | 71 | 1 | / |
| Konyiko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanieski | 67 | 408 | / |
| Khanyice | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kannjeka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kanieske | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanehiko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konyikeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaniecke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kannyeke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyichi | 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 Kanyika
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