Ikuya Surname
Approximately 1,552 people bear this surname
Ikuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,368 | 1:54,006 | 6,504 |
| Uganda | 115 | 1:339,472 | 22,545 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ikuya (3,131) may also be a first name.
Ikuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikuya is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikuya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 254,471st most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,695,584 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ikuya are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ikuya is also the 128,673rd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 3,131 people.
It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,368 people, or 1 in 54,006. Not including The DR Congo Ikuya occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Ikuya
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