Kanyonyi Surname
Approximately 1,281 people bear this surname
Kanyonyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 795 | 1:49,106 | 5,984 |
| Tanzania | 445 | 1:118,970 | 11,366 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanyonyi (45) may also be a first name.
Kanyonyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyonyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyonyi occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyonyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 297,484th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,688,951 people. The last name Kanyonyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyonyi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanyonyi is also the 1,504,468th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 45 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 795 people, or 1 in 49,106. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kasese District, where 13 percent are found, Ntungamo District, where 7 percent are found and Kibaale District, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Kanyonyi occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 35 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 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 Kanyonyi
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