Nakayiza Surname

31,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nakayiza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakayiza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda16,8761:2,313370
England141:3,979,861125,553
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Nakayiza Last Name Facts

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

Nakayiza is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakayiza? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nakayiza is the 31,570th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 431,114 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakayiza are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 16,876 people, or 1 in 2,313. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 25 percent reside, Kampala District, where 12 percent reside and Mukono District, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Nakayiza
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