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
Kayeyi is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayeyi? popularity and diffusion
Kayeyi is the 339,249th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,722,828 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kayeyi reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kayeyi is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 976 people, or 1 in 16,240. In Zambia Kayeyi is most common in: North-Western Province, where 77 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent live. Excluding Zambia it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Uganda, where 0 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
- 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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