Kanyonge Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Kanyonge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 168 | 1:315,129 | 23,975 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kanyonge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyonge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyonge is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyonge? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyonge is the 1,064,392nd most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyonge are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 315,129. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tanga Region, where 80 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 19 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Kanyonge
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