Keeja Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Keeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| Namibia | 67 | 1:35,961 | 5,106 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Keeja (17) may also be a first name.
Keeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keeja is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keeja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,295,379th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Keeja reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most common first name at a global level, borne by 17 people.
Keeja is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 452,744. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kajiado County, where 97 percent live, Busia County, where 1 percent live and Machakos County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 38 percent live and Botswana, where 2 percent live.
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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 Keeja
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