Kayei Surname
Approximately 2,601 people bear this surname
Kayei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2,593 | 1:29,611 | 3,582 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kayei (46) may also be a first name.
Kayei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayei is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 166,419th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,801,825 people. The last name Kayei is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kayei are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 46 people.
The last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 2,593 people, or 1 in 29,611. In Iran it is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 36 percent are found, Mazandaran Province, where 12 percent are found and Gilan Province, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Iran Kayei occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 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 Kayei
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