Kyav Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kyav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kyav Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2501:708,57132,605
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824

Kyav (28) may also be a first name.

Kyav Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kyav Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kyav is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kyav? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kyav is the 1,011,991st most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kyav live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 28 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 708,571. In Nigeria Kyav is primarily found in: Benue, where 92 percent live, Nasarawa, where 5 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Cambodia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khyav8917/
Kyaav8915/
Kyavz892/
Kyaw75346,471/
Kiav7557/
Cyav754/
Kyov753/
Kyaf751/
Qyav751/
Kjav751/
Kyafova731/
Khiav6741,750/
Kyafe6734/
Kyaww675/
Khyaw672/
Khyaf671/
Kehav671/
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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 Kyav
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