Kanyoma Surname

585,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 535 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kanyoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3661:46,7746,615
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Uganda581:673,09134,310
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kanyoma (29) may also be a first name.

Kanyoma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanyoma occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyoma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 585,091st most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyoma are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 29 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 11 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 Kanyoma
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