Kayanja Surname

79,197th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Kayanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kayanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5,8161:6,7121,175
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Tanzania1031:513,99633,942
England171:3,277,533109,658
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kayanja (47) may also be a first name.

Kayanja Last Name Facts

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

Kayanja occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kayanja? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 79,197th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,182,659 people. The last name Kayanja occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kayanja are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 47 people.

The last name Kayanja is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 5,816 people, or 1 in 6,712. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 24 percent reside, Kampala District, where 16 percent reside and Mukono District, where 7 percent reside. Other than Uganda this surname is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 3 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Kayanja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Kayanja earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.48% more than the national average, earning R 450,276 per year.

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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 Kayanja
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