Kayige Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Kayige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 154 | 1:343,777 | 25,484 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kayige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayige Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayige (Marathi: कायीगे) is most common in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kayige.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayige? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,385,851st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name Kayige is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kayige reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 343,777. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Kayige occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kayige Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kayige in the Marathi language | ||
| कायीगे | kayige | - |
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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 Kayige
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