Kipsuge Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kipsuge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipsuge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1231:375,44621,575
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Kipsuge (39) may also be a first name.

Kipsuge Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kipsuge is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kipsuge click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipsuge? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,612,213th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kipsuge reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most common first name in the world, borne by 39 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 375,446. In Kenya Kipsuge is mostly found in: Baringo County, where 46 percent live, Uasin Gishu County, where 42 percent live and Laikipia County, where 3 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Kipsuge Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipsugei931/
Kipsige8611/
Kipsigei80705/
Kipsogei8058/
Kipsagei805/
Kipsegei805/
Kipshige801/
Kipsigey801/
Kapsegei6718/
Chepsuge677/
Kebisugi673/
Kapsogei671/
Kapsagei671/
Kipsousoi631/

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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 Kipsuge
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