Kiyoya Surname
Approximately 605 people bear this surname
Kiyoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 560 | 1:94,539 | 9,423 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kiyoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiyoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiyoya is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kiyoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiyoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kiyoya is the 533,524th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,045,530 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kiyoya live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 560 people, or 1 in 94,539. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent live, Tabora Region, where 2 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania Kiyoya occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kiyoya
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