Kikuvi Surname

215,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kikuvi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kikuvi 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
Kenya1,9031:24,2672,741
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kikuvi (238) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kikuvi Demographics

Kikuvi Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 30 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Kikuvi Last Name Facts

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

Kikuvi occurs most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kikuvi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 215,441st most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,821,471 people. The last name Kikuvi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikuvi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 580,229th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 238 people.

This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 1,903 people, or 1 in 24,267. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Makueni County, where 41 percent live, Machakos County, where 31 percent live and Nairobi County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Kenya Kikuvi is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 0 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Kikuvi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Kikuwi8356/
Kukuvi834/
Kikuva833/
Kikivi831/
Chikuvi7762/
Kekouvi771/
Kikuswi771/
Kukuvai771/
Kikuuva771/
Kikubhi771/
Kaikuve771/
Kikhivi771/
Kukkuvai711/
Kikuwe67268/
Kikuwa6774/
Kikive6746/
Kukuve6733/
Kikowi6732/
Kikiwe6713/
Kekuva674/
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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 Kikuvi
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