Kibuku Surname

412,986th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 844 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kibuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kibuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4041:114,3079,708
DR Congo3691:200,21619,970
Uganda581:673,09134,310
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
England21:27,859,030389,889
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kibuku (47) may also be a first name.

Kibuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kibuku is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kibuku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 412,986th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. The surname Kibuku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kibuku are found; 55 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kibuku is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 47 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 404 people, or 1 in 114,307. In Kenya Kibuku is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 31 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 30 percent are found and Nyandarua County, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya Kibuku is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 44 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.

Kibuku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kibuku surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kibuuku925/
Kibukui921/
Kiboukou862/
Kubuku83150/
Cibuku8363/
Kiboku8324/
Kebuku832/
Kibucu831/
Kibouckou801/
Kimpuku7721/
Kubukcu777/
Kibuucu771/
Kivukui771/
Kebeukeu711/
Chibukou711/
Keboku6786/
Cubuku671/
Cibucu671/
Kyvuku671/
Cubukcu62211/
Chebuku621/
Kibokou621/
Kempuku621/
Chibucu621/
Cubucu501/

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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 Kibuku
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