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 borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kayiga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 633,196th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. Kayiga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kayiga reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kayiga is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 452 people, or 1 in 86,370. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 22 percent are found, Kampala District, where 14 percent are found and Bulambuli District, where 12 percent are found. Beside Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Kayiga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the 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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