Kakyo Surname
Approximately 2,845 people bear this surname
Kakyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,602 | 1:15,004 | 2,360 |
| Japan | 222 | 1:575,875 | 15,540 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kakyo (239) may also be a first name.
Kakyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakyo occurs most in Uganda. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakyo? popularity and diffusion
Kakyo is the 154,330th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,561,528 people. The surname Kakyo occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kakyo are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 239 people.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,602 people, or 1 in 15,004. In Uganda it is most common in: Kabarole District, where 37 percent reside, Kyenjojo District, where 28 percent reside and Kampala District, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kakyo
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