Kimeya Surname
Approximately 551 people bear this surname
Kimeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Kimeya (45) may also be a first name.
Kimeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kimeya (Oriya: କିେମୟା) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimeya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 572,152nd most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimeya are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 45 people.
It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 513 people, or 1 in 144,015. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kimeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kimeya in the Oriya language | ||
| କିେମୟା | kiemaya | - |
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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 Kimeya
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