Kiptalam Surname

270,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kiptalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiptalam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,4381:32,1143,502
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218

Kiptalam (377) may also be a first name.

Kiptalam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kiptalam is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiptalam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 270,023rd most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,043,284 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiptalam live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 446,783rd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 377 people.

The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 1,438 people, or 1 in 32,114. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Baringo County, where 45 percent are found, West Pokot County, where 12 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 12 percent are found. Not including Kenya Kiptalam is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Kiptalam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kiptalam last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kiptalam
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