Ayiega Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Ayiega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 287 | 1:160,906 | 12,601 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Ayiega (39) may also be a first name.
Ayiega Demographics
Ayiega Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ayiega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayiega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayiega is found most in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayiega? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ayiega is the 908,336th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayiega are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 39 people.
The surname Ayiega is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 160,906. In Kenya Ayiega is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 92 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside and Kajiado County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Ayiega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ayiega
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