Kanyuma Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Kanyuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 242 | 1:65,496 | 5,808 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kanyuma (91) may also be a first name.
Kanyuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyuma (Marathi: कन्यूमा) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanyuma is the 821,713th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kanyuma reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most common forename internationally. It is borne by 91 people.
Kanyuma is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 65,496. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 78 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia Kanyuma is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanyuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanyuma in the Marathi language | ||
| कन्यूमा | kan'yuma | - |
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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 Kanyuma
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