Kayaya Surname
Approximately 16,292 people bear this surname
Kayaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 14,722 | 1:5,018 | 579 |
| Zambia | 939 | 1:16,880 | 1,891 |
| Tanzania | 454 | 1:116,611 | 11,160 |
| Zimbabwe | 81 | 1:190,596 | 22,493 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kayaya (252) may also be a first name.
Kayaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayaya occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayaya? popularity and diffusion
Kayaya is the 32,654th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 447,308 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayaya are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kayaya is also the 561,423rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 252 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 14,722 people, or 1 in 5,018. Not including The DR Congo Kayaya exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kayaya
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