Kayaye Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Kayaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Uganda | 67 | 1:582,676 | 31,350 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
Kayaye (19) may also be a first name.
Kayaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kayaye is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 559,180th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 12,830,186 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayaye are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent forename in the world, borne by 19 people.
The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Aside from Malawi Kayaye exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Kayaye
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