Kiyesi Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Kiyesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Kiyesi (12) may also be a first name.
Kiyesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiyesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiyesi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiyesi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kiyesi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
Kiyesi is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria Kiyesi is mostly found in: Oyo, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Ondo, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kiyesi
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