Shikhunyi Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Shikhunyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shikhunyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shikhunyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shikhunyi is most common in Kenya. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shikhunyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Shikhunyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shikhunyi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Shikhunyi is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Shikhunyi is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 50 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 50 percent reside. Barring Kenya it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Shikhunyi
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