Kihumbu Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kihumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kihumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2461:215,21018,004
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kihumbu (28) may also be a first name.

Kihumbu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kihumbu is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kihumbu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 904,049th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kihumbu are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kihumbu is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.

This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 215,210. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 83 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 13 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Kihumbu occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiumbu92564/
Kijumbu866/
Chihumbu8086/
Kijumbui804/
Kyumbu77212/
Kiumvu77157/
Kehoumbou7511/
Chiumbu7165/
Keyoumbu672/
Kayuumbu671/
Kehounbou632/
Keyoumbeu632/
Kayombu572,025/
Kyunbgu571/
Kayombuu531/

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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 Kihumbu
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