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
Shituma occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shituma.
How Common Is The Last Name Shituma? popularity and diffusion
Shituma is the 1,967,751st most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. Shituma occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shituma are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 14 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent reside, Nandi County, where 1 percent reside and Siaya County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 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
- 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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