Kikanu Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Kikanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kikanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kikanu is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikanu live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 35 percent reside and Uganda, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikangu | 92 | 228 | / |
| Kikangou | 86 | 10 | / |
| Koikanou | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kukanu | 83 | 210 | / |
| Kikonu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Kekanu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Koikannou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kikongu | 77 | 17 | / |
| Kekanou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kikounou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Khukhanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kekangou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kukonu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Koikoinui | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kekenu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chikahanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cicanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kucanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kekenau | 62 | 13 | / |
| Chekanu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khecanu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kekeunou | 57 | 3 | / |
| Coiceanu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chicheanu | 53 | 31 | / |
| Keukeunou | 53 | 3 | / |
| Chikounou | 53 | 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 Kikanu
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