Jidayi Surname
Approximately 2,758 people bear this surname
Jidayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,424 | 1:21,841 | 2,713 |
| Uganda | 274 | 1:142,479 | 12,806 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Jidayi (588) may also be a first name.
Jidayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jidayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jidayi is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jidayi? popularity and diffusion
Jidayi is the 158,392nd most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,642,330 people. The last name Jidayi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jidayi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 345,036th most frequent forename in the world, held by 588 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,424 people, or 1 in 21,841. In Tanzania Jidayi is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 70 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 15 percent live and Tabora Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Jidayi
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