Kithama Surname

857,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kithama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kithama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1891:244,33816,806
Tanzania1271:416,86329,360
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kithama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kithama occurs most in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kithama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 857,026th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kithama are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 244,338. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Machakos County, where 88 percent reside, Embu County, where 2 percent reside and Kitui County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Kithama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kithama last name is principally 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 Kithama
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