Kayinja Surname
Approximately 488 people bear this surname
Kayinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 487 | 1:80,163 | 8,590 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Kayinja (12) may also be a first name.
Kayinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kayinja is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayinja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kayinja is the 627,290th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,933,496 people. Kayinja is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayinja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name on earth, held by 12 people.
It is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 487 people, or 1 in 80,163. In Uganda it is most common in: Kampala District, where 13 percent are found, Mayuge District, where 13 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kayinja
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