Kengyeya Surname
Approximately 983 people bear this surname
Kengyeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 982 | 1:39,755 | 5,088 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kengyeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kengyeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kengyeya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kengyeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 366,594th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,413,577 people. The last name Kengyeya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kengyeya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kengyeya is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 982 people, or 1 in 39,755. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Sheema District, where 15 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 14 percent are found and Bushenyi District, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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 Kengyeya
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