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
Kikuya is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kikuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikuya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 89,594th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,360,886 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kikuya live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Kikuya is also the 412,918th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 432 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 5,193 people, or 1 in 24,619. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 14 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent are found and Aichi Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Japan Kikuya occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
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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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