Karayiga Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Karayiga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karayiga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Karayiga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karayiga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Karayiga is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karayiga? popularity and diffusion

Karayiga is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karayiga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda Karayiga is mostly concentrated in: Isingiro District, where 25 percent reside, Kampala District, where 25 percent reside and Nakasongola District, where 25 percent reside. Barring Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also common in Rwanda, where 20 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
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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 Karayiga
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