Kikuya Surname
Approximately 5,355 people bear this surname
Kikuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5,193 | 1:24,619 | 2,594 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kikuya (432) may also be a first name.
Kikuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kikuya is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikuya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 89,594th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,360,886 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kikuya live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 412,918th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 432 people.
The last name is most common in Japan, where it is held by 5,193 people, or 1 in 24,619. In Japan it is primarily found in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 14 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent reside and Aichi Prefecture, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Japan it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kikuya
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