Kayifa Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Kayifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Kayifa (22) may also be a first name.
Kayifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kayifa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kayifa is the 1,683,218th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name Kayifa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayifa reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 82 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 22 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and Uganda, where 3 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 Kayifa
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