Kanyou Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Kanyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 246 | 1:84,427 | 10,261 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanyou (454) may also be a first name.
Kanyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 975,866th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyou reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 401,195th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 454 people.
Kanyou is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 84,427. In Cameroon Kanyou is most common in: Centre Region, where 47 percent live, West Region, where 25 percent live and Littoral Region, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 6 percent live and England, where 0 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 Kanyou
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