Kitwai Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Kitwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kitwai (15) may also be a first name.
Kitwai Demographics
Kitwai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kitwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitwai occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kitwai is the 1,795,579th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kitwai live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 452,744. In Kenya Kitwai is primarily concentrated in: Kitui County, where 58 percent live, Uasin Gishu County, where 40 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Kitwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kitwai surname is primarily 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
- 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 Kitwai
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