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
The surname Kakyo is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. 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 widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,561,528 people. The surname Kakyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kakyo reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 239 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 2,602 people, or 1 in 15,004. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kabarole District, where 37 percent live, Kyenjojo District, where 28 percent live and Kampala District, where 8 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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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