Kiruy Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Kiruy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Kiruy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiruy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiruy is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiruy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kiruy is the 4,649,889th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiruy reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Kiruy is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 2,716,465. In Kenya Kiruy is mostly concentrated in: Kericho County, where 53 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 24 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 24 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Rwanda, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Kiruy
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