Kimaya Surname
Approximately 1,299 people bear this surname
Kimaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,135 | 1:46,645 | 5,262 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kimaya (950) may also be a first name.
Kimaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kimaya (Marathi: िकमया) is found most in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kimaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kimaya is the 293,918th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,610,120 people. The last name Kimaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kimaya reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kimaya is also the 262,112th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 950 people.
The surname Kimaya is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,135 people, or 1 in 46,645. In Tanzania Kimaya is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 38 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 26 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kimaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kimaya in the Marathi language | ||
| िकमया | ikamaya | 97.31 |
| कीमया | kimaya | 1.88 |
| िक़मया | iqamaya | 0.27 |
| िकमाया | ikamaya | 0.27 |
| िकमय | ikamaya | 0.27 |
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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 Kimaya
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