Kayivwa Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Kayivwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 641 | 1:24,727 | 2,637 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Kayivwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayivwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kayivwa is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayivwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 497,847th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. The surname Kayivwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayivwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kayivwa is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 641 people, or 1 in 24,727. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 86 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 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
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- 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 Kayivwa
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