Kakye Surname
Approximately 1,073 people bear this surname
Kakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 848 | 1:46,037 | 5,689 |
| India | 217 | 1:3,534,864 | 100,127 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakye (Marathi: काकये) occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kakye is the 342,056th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,791,748 people. The last name Kakye is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kakye are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 848 people, or 1 in 46,037. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kiruhura District, where 18 percent reside, Mbarara District, where 8 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside and Rwanda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakye in the Marathi language | ||
| काकये | kakaye | 96.03 |
| काक्ये | kakye | 1.99 |
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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
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- 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 Kakye
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