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 is found most frequently in Kenya. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayaja? popularity and diffusion
Kayaja is the 1,374,607th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kayaja reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
The last name Kayaja is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 318,482. In Kenya Kayaja is primarily concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 56 percent live, Kakamega County, where 34 percent live and Nairobi County, where 6 percent live. Not including Kenya it is found 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 bearing the last name is chiefly 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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