Mukayu Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Mukayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 107 | 1:494,781 | 33,101 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mukayu (11) may also be a first name.
Mukayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mukayu occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukayu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,573,888th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukayu are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mukayu is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
The last name Mukayu is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 494,781. In Tanzania Mukayu is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 88 percent live, Pwani Region, where 8 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Kenya, where 1 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 Mukayu
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