Kairanya Surname

562,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kairanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kairanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5051:77,3068,379
Kenya501:923,59833,552
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Kairanya Last Name Facts

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

Kairanya occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kairanya? popularity and diffusion

Kairanya is the 562,869th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,944,131 people. Kairanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kairanya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 505 people, or 1 in 77,306. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Buyende District, where 19 percent are found, Luuka District, where 16 percent are found and Namutumba District, where 15 percent are found. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 9 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 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 Kairanya
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