Kikanya Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kikanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kikanya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kikanya Last Name Facts

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

Kikanya is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kikanya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Kikanya live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda Kikanya is most frequent in: Kampala District, where 25 percent reside, Kasese District, where 13 percent reside and Masaka District, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaikanya9323/
Kikonya86163/
Kikanja86146/
Kekanya861/
Cikanya861/
Kikhania8023/
Kikoonya8010/
Keakanya801/
Kaikanha801/
Ketkanya801/
Khaikanha75185/
Kikonyo715/
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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 Kikanya
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