Biriña Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Peru

Biriña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Biriña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Peru51:6,356,82538,776

The alternate forms: Birina (939) & Bīriņa (3) are calculated separately.

Biriña Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Biriña Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Biriña occurs most in The Philippines. It may also appear as a variant: Birina or Bīriņa. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Biriña? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Biriña live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 10,123,822. In The Philippines Biriña is most frequent in: Bicol, where 90 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Peru, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birina94939/
Bīriņa893/
Viriña83709/
Biriño831/
Birzina77245/
Biringa7789/
Bierina7754/
Birgina7731/
Uiriñau7715/
Birinas7713/
Birinia775/
Birinya772/
Beriñia772/
Birziņa772/
Bairina771/
Birisna771/
Viriñas771/
Biroina771/
Biorina771/
Beirina771/
Birinau771/
Bairinga7130/
Birginia7112/
Biringia714/
Birzhina713/
Birhinya711/
Baitrina711/
Birzeina711/
Berina671,277/
Beriño67655/
Birino67498/
Virina67280/
Byrina67199/
Birena6769/
Bairinhas6738/
Wirina6719/
Viriño6715/
Bireño672/
Beriņa671/
Uirina671/
Vireña671/
Bérina671/

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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 Biriña
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