Kihaya Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Kihaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Japan | 87 | 1:1,469,475 | 24,192 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
Kihaya (36) may also be a first name.
Kihaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kihaya is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 832,284th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Kihaya live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kihaya is also the 1,717,090th most frequent forename internationally, held by 36 people.
The surname Kihaya is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania Kihaya is most prevalent in: Tabora Region, where 99 percent live and Kagera Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Japan, where 26 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 Kihaya
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