Kiplagat Surname

9,078th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62,407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kiplagat Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a name given to a child born before bedtime.

Kiplagat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya62,3281:741113
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Iceland51:76,0184,442
England41:13,929,515290,718
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Kiplagat (19,915) may also be a first name.

Kiplagat Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a name given to a child born before bedtime.

- knaibei

Kiplagat Last Name Facts

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

Kiplagat is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kiplagat click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiplagat? popularity and diffusion

Kiplagat is the 9,078th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 116,774 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiplagat live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 37,912th most numerous first name internationally, held by 19,915 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 62,328 people, or 1 in 741. In Kenya Kiplagat is most frequent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 22 percent live, Baringo County, where 22 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 21 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Kiplagat Last Name Statistics demography

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

Kiplagat earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.66% more than the national average, earning $55,516 USD per year.

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