Kayigi Surname
Approximately 2,854 people bear this surname
Kayigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 2,791 | 1:4,072 | 1,005 |
| Uganda | 54 | 1:722,950 | 35,796 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Kayigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kayigi is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayigi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kayigi is the 153,929th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,553,450 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayigi are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Rwanda, where it is carried by 2,791 people, or 1 in 4,072. Excluding Rwanda it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kayigi
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