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Where Does The Last Name Jira Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Jira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻴﺮﻩ, Hindi: जीरा, Marathi: जीरा, Oriya: ଜିରା, Tibetan: ཇི་ར་) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Jíra or Jířa. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jira? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 52,079^th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 741,131 people. Jira occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Jira are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 38 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 13,103^rd most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 74,759 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 3,444 people, or 1 in 13,409. In Kenya Jira is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 46 percent are found, Kwale County, where 36 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 15 percent are found. Barring Kenya it exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 26 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.

Jira Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Jira has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jira surname expanded 1,359 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jira Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (79%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Jira surname are 6.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.62% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Jira earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $44,795 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.34% less than the national average, earning $42,558 CAD per year.