Mukanyi Surname
Approximately 494 people bear this surname
Mukanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 294 | 1:52,511 | 7,991 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
Mukanyi (12) may also be a first name.
Mukanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mukanyi occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukanyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 621,618th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,752,117 people. The last name Mukanyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukanyi live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mukanyi is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 294 people, or 1 in 52,511. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 53 percent reside, Harare Province, where 17 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 39 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 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
- 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 Mukanyi
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