Kivaya Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Kivaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 529 | 1:87,297 | 7,906 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kivaya (16) may also be a first name.
Kivaya Demographics
Kivaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kivaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kivaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kivaya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kivaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kivaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 583,527th most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. The surname Kivaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kivaya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 16 people.
The last name Kivaya is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 529 people, or 1 in 87,297. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Machakos County, where 40 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 19 percent reside and Makueni County, where 14 percent reside. Barring Kenya Kivaya is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
Kivaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kivaya surname is predominantly 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 Kivaya
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