Kiuvu Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Kiuvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 137 | 1:337,080 | 20,325 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
Kiuvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiuvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiuvu occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiuvu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 983,245th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiuvu reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 337,080. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Makueni County, where 99 percent live and Machakos County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 47 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kiuvu
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