Cheruto Surname
Approximately 22,159 people bear this surname
Cheruto Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from a Kalenjin name given to a child born on a visit or journey.
Cheruto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 21,220 | 1:2,176 | 335 |
| Uganda | 932 | 1:41,888 | 5,299 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Cheruto (4,547) may also be a first name.
Cheruto Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from a Kalenjin name given to a child born on a visit or journey.
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Cheruto Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Cheruto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheruto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheruto occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheruto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheruto is the 24,400th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 328,875 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheruto reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Cheruto is also the 101,950th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 4,547 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 21,220 people, or 1 in 2,176. In Kenya Cheruto is most frequent in: West Pokot County, where 26 percent reside, Nandi County, where 16 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Cheruto Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Cheruto
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