Gikandi Surname

274,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gikandi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gikandi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,3931:33,1513,622
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Gikandi (154) may also be a first name.

Gikandi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gikandi is found most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gikandi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gikandi is the 274,073rd most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,139,313 people. The last name Gikandi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gikandi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gikandi is also the 740,891st most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 154 people.

Gikandi is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,393 people, or 1 in 33,151. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nyeri County, where 38 percent live, Nairobi County, where 13 percent live and Kiambu County, where 11 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Gikandi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Gikandi surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Gikandi earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 128.38% more than the national average, earning $98,542 USD per year.

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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 Gikandi
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