Gikuya Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Gikuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 43 | 1:1,073,951 | 34,763 |
Gikuya Demographics
Gikuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gikuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gikuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gikuya is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gikuya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Gikuya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gikuya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Gikuya is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,073,951. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nyeri County, where 88 percent are found, Muranga County, where 9 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 2 percent are found.
Gikuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gikuya last name is chiefly 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
- 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 Gikuya
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