Kimei Surname
Approximately 2,833 people bear this surname
Kimei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,705 | 1:31,051 | 3,676 |
| Kenya | 683 | 1:67,613 | 6,474 |
| Japan | 416 | 1:307,318 | 11,269 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kimei (1,074) may also be a first name.
Kimei Demographics
Kimei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kimei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kimei is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 154,867th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,572,378 people. The surname Kimei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Kimei live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kimei is also the 243,917th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 1,074 people.
The surname Kimei is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,705 people, or 1 in 31,051. In Tanzania Kimei is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 39 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 24 percent reside and Japan, where 15 percent reside.
Kimei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (94%) 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 Kimei
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