Keyala Surname
Approximately 2,442 people bear this surname
Keyala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,091 | 1:8,187 | 1,245 |
| Zambia | 171 | 1:92,690 | 7,575 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Keyala (683) may also be a first name.
Keyala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keyala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keyala is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Keyala.
How Common Is The Last Name Keyala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 175,427th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,984,253 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Keyala are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Keyala is also the 316,697th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 683 people.
The last name Keyala is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,091 people, or 1 in 8,187. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 7 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 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 Keyala
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