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 last name Kayeye has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may appear as a variant: Kayéyé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kayeye is the 61,907th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 897,702 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayeye reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kayeye is also the 271,017th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 898 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 6,711 people, or 1 in 11,009. Outside of The DR Congo it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 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
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- 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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