Kiruhi Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Kiruhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kiruhi (113) may also be a first name.
Kiruhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiruhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiruhi is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kiruhi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiruhi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,210,518th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiruhi are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kiruhi is also the 881,625th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 113 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 239,274. In Kenya Kiruhi is most common in: Nyandarua County, where 55 percent live, Nyeri County, where 35 percent live and Laikipia County, where 5 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kiruhi
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