Kanyunya Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Kanyunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Tanzania | 104 | 1:509,054 | 33,766 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kanyunya (37) may also be a first name.
Kanyunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanyunya occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyunya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 823,466th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyunya are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kanyunya is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 37 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 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 Kanyunya
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