Kailanya Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kailanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kailanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1751:263,88517,546
Uganda811:481,96628,034
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kailanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kailanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kailanya occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kailanya.

How Common Is The Last Name Kailanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kailanya is the 996,001st most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name Kailanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kailanya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 263,885. In Kenya Kailanya is primarily concentrated in: Meru County, where 99 percent live and Kiambu County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya Kailanya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 32 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Kailanya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing 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 Kailanya
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