Kinanu Surname

165,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kinanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,5771:17,9202,125
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kinanu (391) may also be a first name.

Kinanu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kinanu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kinanu is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 165,565th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,785,759 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinanu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 437,834th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 391 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,577 people, or 1 in 17,920. In Kenya it is most common in: Meru County, where 82 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 13 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Kinanu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Kinanu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis