Kilalia Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kilalia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kilalia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kilalia (67) may also be a first name.

Kilalia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kilalia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kilalia occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kilalia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilalia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kilalia live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 67 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Kilalia is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 67 percent reside, Kilifi County, where 17 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Uganda, where 13 percent reside.

Kilalia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (50%) 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 Kilalia
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