Kayanja Surname
Approximately 6,162 people bear this surname
Kayanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5,816 | 1:6,712 | 1,175 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 103 | 1:513,996 | 33,942 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kayanja (47) may also be a first name.
Kayanja Demographics
Average Kayanja Salary in
South Africa
R 450,276
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kayanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kayanja is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 79,197th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,182,659 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kayanja reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 47 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 5,816 people, or 1 in 6,712. In Uganda Kayanja is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 24 percent are found, Kampala District, where 16 percent are found and Mukono District, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Uganda it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 3 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Kayanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying 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
- 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 Kayanja
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