Kiay Surname
Approximately 485 people bear this surname
Kiay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 148 | 1:893,576 | 66,999 |
| Philippines | 138 | 1:733,610 | 73,138 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Kenya | 47 | 1:982,551 | 34,283 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cambodia | 9 | 1:1,720,794 | 6,732 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kiay (42) may also be a first name.
Kiay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiay is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kiay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 630,290th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,025,868 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Kiay live; 61 percent live in Southeast Asia and 31 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kiay is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 42 people.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 893,576. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: North Sulawesi, where 49 percent reside, Gorontalo, where 32 percent reside and East Kalimantan, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 28 percent reside and Tanzania, where 22 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 Kiay
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