Kayiga Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Kayiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 452 | 1:86,370 | 9,083 |
| Jamaica | 14 | 1:204,996 | 5,998 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kayiga (17) may also be a first name.
Kayiga Demographics
Kayiga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kayiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayiga is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayiga? popularity and diffusion
Kayiga is the 633,196th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kayiga reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 452 people, or 1 in 86,370. In Uganda Kayiga is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 22 percent live, Kampala District, where 14 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Kayiga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kayiga surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kayiga
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