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 last name Kitwai is found most frequently in Kenya. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,795,579th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. Kitwai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kitwai reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kitwai is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 452,744. In Kenya Kitwai is most prevalent in: Kitui County, where 58 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 40 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Kitwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kitwai surname is predominantly 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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