Nakayi Surname
Approximately 2,389 people bear this surname
Nakayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,343 | 1:16,662 | 2,587 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nakayi (210) may also be a first name.
Nakayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakayi has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nakayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nakayi is the 178,718th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,050,459 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakayi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 624,169th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 210 people.
Nakayi is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,343 people, or 1 in 16,662. In Uganda Nakayi is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 19 percent live, Kampala District, where 14 percent live and Mubende District, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda Nakayi is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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 Nakayi
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