Kayaja Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Kayaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 145 | 1:318,482 | 19,707 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kayaja (14) may also be a first name.
Kayaja Demographics
Kayaja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kayaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayaja occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,374,607th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kayaja are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 14 people.
The last name Kayaja is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 318,482. In Kenya Kayaja is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 56 percent live, Kakamega County, where 34 percent live and Nairobi County, where 6 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Kayaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kayaja
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