Kitui Surname
Approximately 5,887 people bear this surname
Kitui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,842 | 1:9,537 | 1,222 |
| Uganda | 684 | 1:57,075 | 6,719 |
| Tanzania | 355 | 1:149,131 | 13,558 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kitui (1,176) may also be a first name.
Kitui Demographics
Kitui Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kitui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitui is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitui? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 82,341st most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,237,905 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitui live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 231,499th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 1,176 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 4,842 people, or 1 in 9,537. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 51 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 19 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.
Kitui Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (98%) 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
- 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 Kitui
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