Most Common Surnames in Lamu County, With Meanings

Forebears knows about 2,536 unique surnames in Lamu County and there are 48 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Kenya
1	Mohamed	8,985	1:14	1.81%	2
2	Ali	4,735	1:26	1.76%	7
3	Omar	3,278	1:37	2.81%	44
4	Mwangi	2,647	1:46	0.55%	3
5	Ahmed	2,404	1:51	1.42%	25
6	Abdalla	2,307	1:53	6.88%	223
7	Kamau	2,185	1:56	0.83%	8
8	Said	2,088	1:59	3.28%	109
9	Maina	2,040	1:60	0.58%	5
10	Njoroge	1,991	1:62	0.92%	17
11	Wambui	1,506	1:81	0.67%	14
12	Hassan	1,481	1:83	0.63%	12
13	Athman	1,408	1:87	10.56%	533
13	Hussein	1,408	1:87	0.91%	27
15	Kariuki	1,311	1:94	0.65%	19
16	Kimani	1,190	1:103	0.75%	26
17	Muthoni	1,141	1:107	0.63%	23
18	Bakari	1,117	1:110	3.79%	250
19	Njuguna	1,093	1:112	0.78%	33
19	Wanjiku	1,093	1:112	0.50%	16
21	Mburu	971	1:126	1.19%	76
22	Gitau	923	1:133	1.20%	86