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
The last name Kayiga is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 633,196th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. Kayiga is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kayiga are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
The surname Kayiga is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 452 people, or 1 in 86,370. In Uganda Kayiga is most common 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 also occurs in Jamaica, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Kayiga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kayiga surname is predominantly 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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