Kimau Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Kimau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 474 | 1:97,426 | 8,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kimau (173) may also be a first name.
Kimau Demographics
Kimau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kimau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kimau is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 626,382nd most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kimau are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 173 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 474 people, or 1 in 97,426. In Kenya Kimau is most numerous in: Makueni County, where 66 percent are found, Machakos County, where 30 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Kimau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kimau surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kimau
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