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 surname Kijala is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kijala.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 656,126th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. The surname Kijala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kijala are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most numerous first name on earth, held by 59 people.
The surname Kijala is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 132,701. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 98 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found and Kwale County, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Kijala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname 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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