Kimeku Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Kimeku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kimeku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimeku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kimeku is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimeku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimeku live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Kimeku is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 59 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 29 percent reside and Edo, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 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
- 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 Kimeku
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