Kakeya Surname
Approximately 2,254 people bear this surname
Kakeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,674 | 1:76,371 | 5,230 |
| DR Congo | 390 | 1:189,435 | 19,115 |
| Zambia | 100 | 1:158,499 | 11,214 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Kakeya (650) may also be a first name.
Kakeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakeya (Bengali: কৈকেয়া, Oriya: କେକୟା) is most common in Japan. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 187,667th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,233,161 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Kakeya live; 74 percent live in East Asia and 74 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 325,842nd most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 650 people.
This last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 1,674 people, or 1 in 76,371. In Japan Kakeya is mostly concentrated in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 44 percent are found, Okayama Prefecture, where 18 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakeya in the Bengali language | ||
| কৈকেয়া | kaikeya | - |
| Kakeya in the Oriya language | ||
| କେକୟା | kekaya | 96.01 |
| କେକୟାତାି | kekayatai | 2.76 |
| େଯନା | eyana | 0.61 |
| କାେକୟା | kaekaya | 0.31 |
| କଲଯ୍ାରୀ | kalayari | 0.31 |
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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 Kakeya
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