Kijala Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Kijala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 348 | 1:132,701 | 10,895 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Kijala (59) may also be a first name.
Kijala Demographics
Kijala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kijala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kijala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kijala is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 656,126th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. Kijala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kijala reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 59 people.
Kijala is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 132,701. In Kenya Kijala is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 98 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside and Kwale County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Kijala occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Kijala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kijala
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