Kimwatan Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Kimwatan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 45 | 1:1,026,220 | 34,572 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kimwatan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimwatan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kimwatan is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimwatan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. Kimwatan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimwatan live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 1,026,220. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Uasin Gishu County, where 91 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 9 percent live. Beside Kenya it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kimwatan
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