Gikuyu Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Gikuyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Gikuyu (22) may also be a first name.
Gikuyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gikuyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gikuyu is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gikuyu.
How Common Is The Last Name Gikuyu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gikuyu is the 1,994,173rd most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Gikuyu is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gikuyu live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 73 percent reside, Meru County, where 11 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Gikuyu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gikuiyu | 92 | 6 | / |
| Gikyu | 91 | 51 | / |
| Ikuyu | 91 | 19 | / |
| Jikuyu | 83 | 17 | / |
| Eikuyu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikuiyu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikyu | 80 | 570 | / |
| Ikouyou | 77 | 203 | / |
| Eikyu | 73 | 1,390 | / |
| Jikyu | 73 | 281 | / |
| Ikuju | 73 | 41 | / |
| Cikyu | 73 | 30 | / |
| Gekyu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ekuyu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ikeyu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Gikiu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ikyuh | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ikyua | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ikyue | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ikoyu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Sikyu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ykuyu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heikyu | 67 | 443 | / |
| Hikoyu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gekkyu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Saikyu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Suikyu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seikyu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekuoyu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Haikyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siquyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikauau | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gikuyu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis