Kilya Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Kilya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 155 | 1:251,866 | 18,680 |
| Papua New Guinea | 152 | 1:53,643 | 6,800 |
| Russia | 108 | 1:1,334,473 | 94,603 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Tanzania | 31 | 1:1,707,794 | 47,542 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
Kilya (264) may also be a first name.
Kilya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kilya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kilya (Hindi: किल्या, Russian: Киля) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kilya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kilya is the 614,324th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,517,024 people. Kilya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Kilya live; 37 percent live in East Africa and 37 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 547,545th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 264 people.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 251,866. In Uganda Kilya is most frequent in: Mayuge District, where 23 percent live, Mukono District, where 17 percent live and Buikwe District, where 10 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and Russia, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kilya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kilya in the Hindi language | ||
| किल्या | kilya | 70.59 |
| किलया | kilaya | 17.65 |
| कीलया | kilaya | 5.88 |
| कील्या | kilya | 5.88 |
| Kilya in the Russian language | ||
| Киля | kila | - |
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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 Kilya
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