Biriş Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Biriş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 367 | 1:54,708 | 6,717 |
| Turkey | 85 | 1:915,546 | 42,769 |
The alternate forms: Biris (2,709) & Biriș (234) are calculated separately.
Biriş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biriş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Biriş is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Biris or Biriș. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biriş? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 663,740th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Biriş reside; 81 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 54,708. In Romania Biriş is mostly found in: Alba County, where 20 percent reside, Mureș County, where 20 percent reside and Sălaj County, where 16 percent reside. Beside Romania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Turkey, where 19 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 Biriş
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