Thiriku Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Thiriku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Thiriku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thiriku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thiriku is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thiriku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Thiriku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Thiriku live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Thiriku is mostly found in: Nyeri County, where 80 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Thiriku
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