Kyega Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Kyega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 202 | 1:193,264 | 15,695 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kyega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kyega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kyega is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kyega? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,155,901st most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kyega are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kyega is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 193,264. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Luuka District, where 66 percent are found, Kampala District, where 7 percent are found and Masaka District, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kyega
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