Kanyula Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kanyula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania631:840,34343,483
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kanyula Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanyula occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyula? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,333,370th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanyula reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Kanyula is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 840,343. In Tanzania Kanyula is mostly found in: Njombe Region, where 86 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 4 percent live and Thailand, 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 Kanyula
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