Mikuyu Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Mikuyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mikuyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mikuyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mikuyu is most common in Malawi. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mikuyu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,374,607th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mikuyu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Mikuyu is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Beside Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and South Africa, 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 Mikuyu
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