Kanze Surname
Approximately 2,523 people bear this surname
Kanze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,399 | 1:33,009 | 3,608 |
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Burkina Faso | 116 | 1:158,208 | 3,924 |
| Japan | 115 | 1:1,111,690 | 21,145 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| Benin | 41 | 1:252,088 | 22,137 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Turkey | 18 | 1:4,323,412 | 102,143 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Kanze (1,934) may also be a first name.
Kanze Demographics
Kanze Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanze occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanze? popularity and diffusion
Kanze is the 170,788th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,888,445 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kanze live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanze is also the 172,499th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 1,934 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,399 people, or 1 in 33,009. In Kenya Kanze is most common in: Kilifi County, where 64 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 23 percent are found and Kwale County, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Kanze Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kanze has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kanze last name rose 1,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kanze Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kanze surname is chiefly Christian (94%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kanze last name are 8.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55% registered with the party.
The amount Kanze earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.53% less than the national average, earning R 65,280 per year and in United States they earn 53.67% more than the national average, earning $66,306 USD per year.
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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 Kanze
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