Kipchirchir Surname

13,592nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,073 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kipchirchir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipchirchir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41,0341:1,125182
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Kipchirchir (12,745) may also be a first name.

Kipchirchir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kipchirchir is most common in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipchirchir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,592nd most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 177,429 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipchirchir reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kipchirchir is also the 51,993rd most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 12,745 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 41,034 people, or 1 in 1,125. In Kenya Kipchirchir is primarily found in: Nandi County, where 36 percent reside, Uasin Gishu County, where 21 percent reside and Kericho County, where 8 percent reside. Beside Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Kipchirchir Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipchirichir962/
Kipchrchir951/
Kipchrichir911/
Chipchirchir876/
Kipchrichri821/
Chepchirchir7821,634/
Chepcirchir731/

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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
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  • 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 Kipchirchir
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