Gicuku Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gicuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gicuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4661:99,0988,704
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gicuku (181) may also be a first name.

Gicuku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gicuku is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gicuku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gicuku is the 645,988th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name Gicuku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gicuku are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gicuku is also the 677,199th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 181 people.

It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 466 people, or 1 in 99,098. In Kenya Gicuku is primarily found in: Embu County, where 91 percent are found, Kirinyaga County, where 8 percent are found and Meru County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.

Gicuku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gichuku92155/
Icuku911/
Gisuku8342/
Zicuku831/
Gikuku831/
Ngikuku771/
Ikuku731,509/
Icoku7340/
Ecuku7329/
Sikuku6719,955/
Gikoku6722/
Ikukut676/
Ikuuku674/
Ikukus672/
Zikuku672/
Gekuku671/
Ikkuku671/
Ghikhukhu671/
Iokuku671/
Hikuku671/

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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 Gicuku
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