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
The last name Kayia is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kayia reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 673,127th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 183 people.
The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda Kayia is mostly found in: Yumbe District, where 54 percent are found, Arua District, where 38 percent are found and Maracha District, where 5 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 8 percent are found.
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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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