Kanyuku Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Kanyuku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 80 | 1:577,249 | 27,285 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kanyuku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyuku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyuku occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyuku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Kanyuku is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyuku reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 577,249. In Kenya Kanyuku is mostly concentrated in: Nyandarua County, where 78 percent live, Muranga County, where 11 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Kanyuku occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Zambia, where 1 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 Kanyuku
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