Mkuyu Surname
Approximately 4,898 people bear this surname
Mkuyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,886 | 1:10,835 | 1,400 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Mkuyu (56) may also be a first name.
Mkuyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkuyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkuyu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkuyu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 96,992nd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,487,862 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkuyu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mkuyu is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 56 people.
The surname Mkuyu is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,886 people, or 1 in 10,835. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 63 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 12 percent live and Tabora Region, where 10 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Mkuyu
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