Kagayi Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Kagayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 210 | 1:185,901 | 15,308 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Kagayi (25) may also be a first name.
Kagayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kagayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kagayi is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kagayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kagayi? popularity and diffusion
Kagayi is the 1,028,911th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. Kagayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kagayi are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kagayi is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 185,901. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Rakai District, where 52 percent are found, Buikwe District, where 9 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kagayi
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