Gituku Surname

286,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gituku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gituku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,3221:34,9323,785
United States101:36,245,893832,629
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

Gituku (194) may also be a first name.

Gituku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gituku is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gituku? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 286,665th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 5,438,467 people. The last name Gituku is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gituku are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 651,944th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 194 people.

The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,322 people, or 1 in 34,932. In Kenya Gituku is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 26 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 18 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 16 percent reside. Not including Kenya Gituku exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Gituku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Gituku earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.61% less than the national average, earning $28,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Githuku924,077/
Gituiku9294/
Ngituku9248/
Gitukui9221/
Ituku911,547/
Nghituku861/
Ithuku8382/
Jituku8323/
Itukui8318/
Gutuku8311/
Aituku835/
Yituku835/
Situku834/
Cituku831/
Iteuku831/
Gitiku831/
Jithuku778/
Jittuku774/
Situkhu772/
Itukout771/
Tjituku771/
Itoukou771/
Itoku73535/
Etuku73441/
Itouckou714/
Ittoukou711/
Eitoku67833/
Jitoku67224/
Ietoku6787/
Ittoku6732/
Aitoku679/
Setuku675/
Itokui671/
Etuuku671/
Itukoo671/
Eatuku671/
Etukui671/
Etukhu671/

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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 Gituku
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis