Kimayo Surname
Approximately 563 people bear this surname
Kimayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 367 | 1:125,831 | 10,435 |
| Uganda | 171 | 1:228,300 | 17,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Kimayo Demographics
Kimayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kimayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kimayo is found most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kimayo is the 562,869th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,944,131 people. Kimayo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kimayo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 125,831. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 30 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 23 percent are found and West Pokot County, where 21 percent are found. Besides Kenya Kimayo exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Kimayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kimayo 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 Kimayo
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