Girei Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Girei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 266 | 1:665,950 | 31,085 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Girei (216) may also be a first name.
Girei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Girei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Girei (Oriya: ଗିେରଇ, Russian: Гиреи) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Girei.
How Common Is The Last Name Girei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 821,713th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Girei live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Girei is also the 614,549th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 216 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 665,950. In Nigeria Girei is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 67 percent are found, Kaduna, where 21 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Girei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Girei in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିେରଇ | giera'i | - |
| Girei in the Russian language | ||
| Гиреи | girei | - |
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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 Girei
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