Gitundu Surname

263,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gitundu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gitundu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,4681:31,4583,436
United States131:27,881,456736,413
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Gitundu (199) may also be a first name.

Gitundu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gitundu is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gitundu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 263,444th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 4,900,838 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gitundu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 642,605th most widely held first name globally, borne by 199 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 1,468 people, or 1 in 31,458. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 18 percent live, Tharaka Nithi County, where 17 percent live and Nairobi County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Gitundu Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Gitundu last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Gitundu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Itundu9255/
Nghitundu882/
Situndu8655/
Citundu862/
Hitundu861/
Ithundu861/
Jitundu861/
Chitundu805,714/
Itoundou805/
Tjitundu802/
Itondu77479/
Etundu773/
Chithundu751/
Setundu7127/
Hetundu7111/
Etoundu711/
Etoundou672/
Etondu621/

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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 Gitundu
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