Kayeyi Surname
Approximately 1,084 people bear this surname
Kayeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 976 | 1:16,240 | 1,825 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kayeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kayeyi occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayeyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kayeyi is the 339,249th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,722,828 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kayeyi live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 976 people, or 1 in 16,240. In Zambia Kayeyi is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 77 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Zambia Kayeyi is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 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 Kayeyi
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