Kikulu Surname
Approximately 1,782 people bear this surname
Kikulu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,642 | 1:44,994 | 5,457 |
| Kenya | 62 | 1:744,837 | 30,879 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
Kikulu (170) may also be a first name.
Kikulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kikulu occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikulu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 227,600th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,089,532 people. The last name Kikulu occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kikulu live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kikulu is also the 701,320th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 170 people.
This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,642 people, or 1 in 44,994. Barring The DR Congo this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikului | 92 | 9 | / |
| Kuikulu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Kaikulu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kikuluu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kikhulu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kikoulou | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kukulu | 83 | 615 | / |
| Cikulu | 83 | 21 | / |
| Kikilu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Kekulu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kikolu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaykulu | 77 | 24 | / |
| Kekeulu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Chikullu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kekoulou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kukkului | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chekkulu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chekkullu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kucculu | 62 | 77 | / |
| Koykolu | 62 | 52 | / |
| Ceekhulu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Chekullu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Kigkilou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cheekulu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cuculu | 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
- 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 Kikulu
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