Kanyore Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kanyore Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kanyore (13) may also be a first name.

Kanyore Last Name Facts

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

Kanyore is most common in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyore? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Kanyore is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyore live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanyore is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 2,886,244. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nyandarua County, where 56 percent live, Nakuru County, where 25 percent live and Kiambu County, where 6 percent live. Aside from Kenya Kanyore occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent live and Malawi, where 3 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 Kanyore
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