Gireya Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Gireya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 112 | 1:137,841 | 17,955 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Gireya (41) may also be a first name.
Gireya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gireya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gireya (Russian: Гирея) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gireya.
How Common Is The Last Name Gireya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gireya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 41 people.
The surname Gireya is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 137,841. In Zimbabwe Gireya is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 44 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 13 percent reside and Harare Province, where 12 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gireya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gireya in the Russian language | ||
| Гирея | girea | - |
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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 Gireya
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