Kalegeya Surname
Approximately 1,358 people bear this surname
Kalegeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 736 | 1:71,932 | 7,520 |
| Uganda | 622 | 1:62,764 | 7,187 |
Kalegeya (20) may also be a first name.
Kalegeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalegeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalegeya is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalegeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 283,643rd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,366,381 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalegeya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kalegeya is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name globally, held by 20 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 736 people, or 1 in 71,932. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 90 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent live and Kagera Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 46 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kkalegeya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kaleggeya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kalegea | 93 | 337 | / |
| Kalejeya | 88 | 7 | / |
| Kalegeja | 88 | 5 | / |
| Kalegeye | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kalegaya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kalegau | 80 | 26 | / |
| Kalegai | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kalegay | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kalesey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Calegoya | 75 | 23 | / |
| Kalejaya | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kalejeye | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kalesiya | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kalejiya | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kaligiya | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kalegoue | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kalegheu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kalesuya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kalegaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kollegiya | 71 | 17 | / |
| Kaulesiya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khaleghie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kolegay | 67 | 59 | / |
| Kologey | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kaligau | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kelegai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kalagai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kalejay | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kaligoy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kalogay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koligey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalagay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalezai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kolegai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kalegeya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis