Kimu Surname
Approximately 14,626 people bear this surname
Kimu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 9,091 | 1:10,113 | 1,209 |
| Tanzania | 2,751 | 1:19,244 | 2,447 |
| Malawi | 2,144 | 1:7,985 | 1,197 |
| Zimbabwe | 252 | 1:61,263 | 9,239 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Indonesia | 75 | 1:1,763,323 | 114,023 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Kenya | 32 | 1:1,443,122 | 35,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Kimu (10,537) may also be a first name.
Kimu Demographics
Kimu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kimu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kimu (Arabic: كيمو, Hindi: कीमू, Oriya: କିମୁ, Russian: Киму, Tibetan: ཀི་མུ།) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 36,085th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 498,260 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kimu reside; 62 percent reside in North Africa and 62 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 59,167th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 10,537 people.
This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 9,091 people, or 1 in 10,113. Aside from Egypt it is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and Malawi, where 15 percent live.
Kimu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kimu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kimu in the Oriya language | ||
| କିମୁ | kimu | 75 |
| କିମା | kima | 25 |
| Kimu in the Hindi language | ||
| कीमू | kimu | 53.85 |
| किमू | kimu | 38.46 |
| किमु | kimu | 7.69 |
| Kimu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀི་མུ། | kimu | 50 |
| ཀི་མུ་ | kimu | 50 |
| Kimu in the Russian language | ||
| Киму | kimu | - |
| Kimu in the Arabic language | ||
| كيمو | kymw | - |
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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 Kimu
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