Khanyiwa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Khanyiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Khanyiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khanyiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khanyiwa occurs most in Malawi. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khanyiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Khanyiwa are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Khanyiwa is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Other than Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanyiwa | 93 | 23 | / |
| Khanyiwe | 88 | 109 | / |
| Khaniiwa | 88 | 17 | / |
| Kanyiva | 80 | 1,475 | / |
| Kanjiwa | 80 | 767 | / |
| Kanyiwe | 80 | 161 | / |
| Kanyiba | 80 | 100 | / |
| Kanhiwa | 80 | 80 | / |
| Kanyewa | 80 | 24 | / |
| Kanyiwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaniiwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaniewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khanieva | 75 | 345 | / |
| Khonjiwa | 75 | 183 | / |
| Khanyeva | 75 | 23 | / |
| Kanehiwa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kanyeswa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanjiswa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khasnieva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaynieva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanieva | 67 | 605 | / |
| Kanyeva | 67 | 128 | / |
| Kanjiba | 67 | 78 | / |
| Kanjiva | 67 | 50 | / |
| Konjiwa | 67 | 40 | / |
| Kanyivi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanyibo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanyewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kangewa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanyibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaniiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Khanyiwa
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