Kipkurgat Surname

176,024th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kipkurgat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipkurgat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,4301:19,0042,231
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kipkurgat (692) may also be a first name.

Kipkurgat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kipkurgat is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipkurgat? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 176,024th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,996,524 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipkurgat live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kipkurgat is also the 314,325th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 692 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 2,430 people, or 1 in 19,004. In Kenya it is most common in: Nandi County, where 46 percent live, Uasin Gishu County, where 22 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 9 percent live. Outside of Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Kipkurgat Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kipkurgat surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipkurgut894/
Kipgurgat891/
Kipkurot821/

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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 Kipkurgat
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