Kanyiku Surname
Approximately 494 people bear this surname
Kanyiku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 493 | 1:149,857 | 15,681 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kanyiku (34) may also be a first name.
Kanyiku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyiku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanyiku occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyiku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 621,618th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,752,117 people. Kanyiku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyiku are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kanyiku is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 493 people, or 1 in 149,857. Excluding The DR Congo Kanyiku exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kanyiku
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