Kunyanja Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Kunyanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 489 | 1:108,265 | 10,505 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kunyanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunyanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kunyanja is most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunyanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 623,516th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,812,085 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kunyanja live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 108,265. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 37 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 26 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 17 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 0 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinyanja | 88 | 94 | / |
| Konyanja | 88 | 13 | / |
| Kunyanya | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kunjanja | 88 | 3 | / |
| Kunhanja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kunyangna | 82 | 1 | / |
| Konyanza | 75 | 142 | / |
| Kuniania | 75 | 68 | / |
| Kuniansa | 75 | 48 | / |
| Kinjanja | 75 | 41 | / |
| Kunyange | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kunjanji | 75 | 3 | / |
| Konjanja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kunjonja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kunyanho | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kunyanye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kougnagna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinyanjoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Konyanso | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kunjanyo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kiniania | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kunyonza | 63 | 1 | / |
| Konyaneee | 59 | 1 | / |
| Konyonyo | 50 | 7 | / |
| Konyonye | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kunionza | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kunionio | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kunhonha | 50 | 1 | / |
| Konyonya | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kinyonya | 50 | 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 Kunyanja
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