Kayega Surname
Approximately 1,252 people bear this surname
Kayega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,141 | 1:46,399 | 5,241 |
| Uganda | 96 | 1:406,659 | 25,271 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kayega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kayega is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 303,021st most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,820,724 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayega live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,141 people, or 1 in 46,399. In Tanzania Kayega is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 46 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 17 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kayega
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