Kayia Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Kayia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Cyprus | 7 | 1:126,411 | 8,331 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kayia (183) may also be a first name.
Kayia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayia is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. Kayia occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Kayia reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kayia is also the 673,127th most common first name worldwide, borne by 183 people.
Kayia is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda Kayia is most common in: Yumbe District, where 54 percent live, Arua District, where 38 percent live and Maracha District, where 5 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 8 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 Kayia
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