Kanyira Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kanyira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1111:416,03522,860
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676

Kanyira (15) may also be a first name.

Kanyira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanyira is most common in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyira? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanyira is the 1,527,735th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kanyira live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanyira is also the 2,900,335th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 416,035. In Kenya Kanyira is most prevalent in: Laikipia County, where 53 percent live, Nyeri County, where 34 percent live and Nyandarua County, where 8 percent live. Outside of Kenya Kanyira occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Kanyira Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kanyira
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