Kayitana Surname

121,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Kayitana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kayitana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda3,7211:3,054749
Uganda261:1,501,51154,973
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kayitana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kayitana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kayitana is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kayitana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kayitana is the 121,856th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,940,241 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayitana reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Kayitana is most widely held in Rwanda, where it is borne by 3,721 people, or 1 in 3,054. Other than Rwanda this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, 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 Kayitana
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