Chirigiu Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Chirigiu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chirigiu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5841:34,3804,385
Moldova311:114,88313,240
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Chirigiu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chirigiu occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chirigiu? popularity and diffusion

Chirigiu is the 523,789th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name Chirigiu is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Chirigiu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 584 people, or 1 in 34,380. In Romania Chirigiu is mostly concentrated in: Giurgiu County, where 31 percent are found, Teleorman County, where 31 percent are found and Dolj County, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Romania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 5 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chirijiu8853/
Chirițoiu82168/
Chiriåoiu821/
Chiricu8056/
Chireziu758/
Chiriseu755/
Ciricu71126/
Chirețoiu711/
Hiriju711/
Cirisau6745/
Ciriseu6718/
Chaisrisut6710/
Hirieau6710/
Chirusu673/
Cirizeu671/
Cheriyu671/
Hairisu671/
Khiriju671/

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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
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  • 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 Chirigiu
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