Kayeye Surname
Approximately 8,118 people bear this surname
Kayeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 6,711 | 1:11,009 | 1,364 |
| Zambia | 972 | 1:16,307 | 1,832 |
| Tanzania | 347 | 1:152,569 | 13,814 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Kayéyé (1) are calculated separately.
Kayeye (898) may also be a first name.
Kayeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kayeye occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kayéyé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 61,907th most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 897,702 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayeye live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 271,017th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 898 people.
It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 6,711 people, or 1 in 11,009. Besides The DR Congo this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 12 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 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
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