Kivuva Surname

48,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,592 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kivuva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kivuva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya10,5721:4,368629
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England51:11,143,612252,590
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Kivuva (3,029) may also be a first name.

Kivuva Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kivuva is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kivuva? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kivuva is the 48,650th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 688,024 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kivuva are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 131,329th most common first name at a global level, held by 3,029 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 10,572 people, or 1 in 4,368. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Machakos County, where 36 percent reside, Makueni County, where 34 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Kivuva Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kivuvo83217/
Kivuwa838/
Kibuva831/
Kivuve831/
Kivuvi831/
Kivuvyo771/
Kivouvou71189/
Kiwuwa67401/
Kiwuba6714/
Kivubi6711/
Kivouvoux674/
Keviva671/
Kivuwe671/
Kivuwi671/
Kivuwo671/

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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 Kivuva
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