Kanyowa Surname
Approximately 596 people bear this surname
Kanyowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 158 | 1:97,710 | 13,813 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kanyowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyowa is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kanyowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 539,451st most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 12,227,426 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kanyowa live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Apart from Malawi this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 27 percent reside and Botswana, where 4 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Kanyowa
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