Kihugu Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Kihugu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 160 | 1:288,624 | 18,622 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kihugu Demographics
Kihugu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kihugu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihugu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kihugu is most common in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kihugu.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihugu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,315,412th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kihugu live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 288,624. In Kenya Kihugu is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 53 percent live, Nakuru County, where 38 percent live and Nyandarua County, where 6 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Kihugu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kihungu | 92 | 325 | / |
| Kihughu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kiugu | 91 | 743 | / |
| Kiheugou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiungu | 83 | 2,454 | / |
| Kijugu | 83 | 18 | / |
| Cihugu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kihoungou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kijungu | 77 | 261 | / |
| Cihungu | 77 | 21 | / |
| Kehungu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kiunguu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kyhungu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kijuugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kiougou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kyugu | 73 | 166 | / |
| Qiugu | 73 | 51 | / |
| Kyungu | 67 | 362,670 | / |
| Kuyugu | 67 | 282 | / |
| Kjungu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Chiugu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qiugou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kujugu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kehogu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyunngu | 62 | 62 | / |
| Kuyungu | 62 | 22 | / |
| Kyuyngu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Kyunguu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kyunguj | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kkyungu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kajjugu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kajjungu | 57 | 6 | / |
| Kajogu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kayogu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kihugu
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