Shituma Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Shituma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
Shituma (14) may also be a first name.
Shituma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shituma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shituma is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shituma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,967,751st most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shituma live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
The surname Shituma is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Shituma is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent live, Nandi County, where 1 percent live and Siaya County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 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 Shituma
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