Cherukut Surname

133,798th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Cherukut Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a name given to a child born after mother slept hungry.

Cherukut Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3,3581:11,6261,935
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693

Cherukut (26) may also be a first name.

Cherukut Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a name given to a child born after mother slept hungry.

- knaibei
DNA test information

Cherukut Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cherukut occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cherukut? popularity and diffusion

It is the 133,798th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,163,761 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cherukut live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Cherukut is also the 2,084,397th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 26 people.

The surname Cherukut is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,358 people, or 1 in 11,626. In Uganda Cherukut is most common in: Kween District, where 41 percent live, Kapchorwa District, where 36 percent live and Bukwo District, where 21 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cheruikut941/
Cherukuit941/
Cherukuut941/
Cherukuth941/
Cherokut884/
Cherukot884/
Kherukut881/
Cherikut881/
Cheruikot821/
Herreukuscht700/
Chiriecut5940/
Charicauth565/
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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
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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 Cherukut
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