Kanyiwe Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kanyiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1581:342,89731,680
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kanyiwe (43) may also be a first name.

Kanyiwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanyiwe is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanyiwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyiwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kanyiwe is the 1,369,340th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyiwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most common first name worldwide, borne by 43 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 342,897. In South Africa Kanyiwe is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 38 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and Western Cape, where 24 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 1 percent reside.

Kanyiwe Last Name Statistics demography

Kanyiwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.26% less than the national average, earning R 118,212 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khanyiwe93109/
Kanyiwa8623/
Kanyewe862/
Kanyiwi861/
Kanyibe861/
Kaniiwe861/
Khanyiwa8010/
Kanyejwe801/
Kainihewe751/
Kanjiwa71767/
Kanieva71605/
Kanyeva71128/
Kanjewe71107/
Kanyewa7124/
Konjiwe7113/
Kanyivi714/
Kanievi711/
Kaniebi711/
Kaniiwa711/
Kaniewa711/
Khanieva67345/
Kaynieva6728/
Khanyeva6723/
Khaniiwa6717/
Kanehiwa673/
Kannieva673/
Kanyewoi671/
Kanyejwi671/
Konyieva671/
Qanyieva671/
Kanhoyue671/
Kanyebui671/

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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 Kanyiwe
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