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 last name Kimaya (Marathi: िकमया) is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimaya? popularity and diffusion
Kimaya is the 293,918th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,610,120 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kimaya are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kimaya is also the 262,112th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 950 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,135 people, or 1 in 46,645. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 38 percent live, Tanga Region, where 26 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 21 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
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
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- 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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