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
Gikuyu is found most in Kenya. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gikuyu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gikuyu reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gikuyu is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name internationally, held by 22 people.
The surname Gikuyu is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 73 percent reside, Meru County, where 11 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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