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 in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kanze.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanze? popularity and diffusion
Kanze is the 170,788th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,888,445 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Kanze reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 172,499th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,934 people.
The surname Kanze is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,399 people, or 1 in 33,009. In Kenya Kanze is most common in: Kilifi County, where 64 percent live, Mombasa County, where 23 percent live and Kwale County, where 12 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Kanze Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kanze has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kanze surname grew 1,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kanze Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (94%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kanze surname are 8.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55% registered with the political 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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