Kipsigei Surname

474,683rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kipsigei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipsigei Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7051:65,5036,298

Kipsigei (177) may also be a first name.

Kipsigei Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kipsigei is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipsigei? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kipsigei is the 474,683rd most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,336,945 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipsigei are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kipsigei is also the 685,598th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 177 people.

The last name Kipsigei is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 705 people, or 1 in 65,503. In Kenya Kipsigei is mostly concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 40 percent reside, Kericho County, where 20 percent reside and Bomet County, where 19 percent reside.

Kipsigei Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipsige9311/
Kipsogei8858/
Kipsegei885/
Kipsagei885/
Kipshige881/
Kipsigey881/
Kipsugei881/
Kipsuge80125/
Kapsegei7518/
Kipseger751/
Kapsogei751/
Kpassigi751/
Kapsagei751/
Kibusegeyi671/
Kobuisigye671/
Kipchege631/

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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 Kipsigei
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