Kanuthu Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kanuthu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanuthu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2201:209,90915,013
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kanuthu (90) may also be a first name.

Kanuthu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanuthu occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanuthu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,101,507th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanuthu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 90 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 209,909. In Kenya Kanuthu is mostly concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 50 percent are found, Muranga County, where 21 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 17 percent are found. Not including Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Kanuthu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanutu925/
Kangutu86145/
Kanhutu8625/
Kanothu861/
Kanoutou8024/
Kan'gutu801/
Kainautu801/
Khanothu801/
Konutu771/
Canutu771/
Canutus711/
Kounoutou633/
Kanitu621/
Conutu620/
Khanotu573/
Kanottu571/
Kainottu531/

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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 Kanuthu
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