Kairu Surname
Approximately 12,575 people bear this surname
Kairu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,044 | 1:5,106 | 717 |
| Uganda | 2,518 | 1:15,504 | 2,431 |
| Papua New Guinea | 411 | 1:19,839 | 2,077 |
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| India | 70 | 1:10,958,077 | 204,613 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kairu (4,487) may also be a first name.
Kairu Demographics
Kairu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kairu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kairu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kairu (Hindi: कैरू, Marathi: कैरु, Oriya: କଇରୁ, Russian: Каиру) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kairu? popularity and diffusion
Kairu is the 41,500th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 579,527 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kairu reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kairu is also the 102,776th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 4,487 people.
The last name Kairu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,044 people, or 1 in 5,106. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 24 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 13 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 12 percent reside. Not including Kenya Kairu exists in 36 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Kairu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kairu last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Kairu surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.
Kairu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.62% less than the national average, earning $35,979 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kairu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kairu in the Oriya language | ||
| କଇରୁ | ka'iru | 76.83 |
| କାଇରୁ | ka'iru | 6.91 |
| େକୖରୁ | ekaru | 4.07 |
| କଈରୁ | ka'iru | 2.85 |
| କଇରୂ | ka'iru | 2.44 |
| କାଏରୁ | ka'eru | 1.22 |
| କଏରୁ | ka'eru | 0.81 |
| କାଇରୂ | ka'iru | 0.41 |
| କଇଲୁ | ka'ilu | 0.41 |
| େକୖରୂ | ekaru | 0.41 |
| କଁଏରୁ | kameru | 0.41 |
| Kairu in the Hindi language | ||
| कैरू | kairu | 67.57 |
| कैरु | kairu | 29.73 |
| कोैरू | koairu | 2.7 |
| Kairu in the Marathi language | ||
| कैरु | kairu | 58.95 |
| कैरू | kairu | 31.58 |
| कीरु | kiru | 4.21 |
| ख्ैरू | khairu | 1.05 |
| खैर | khaira | 1.05 |
| केरु | keru | 1.05 |
| Kairu in the Russian language | ||
| Каиру | kairu | - |
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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 Kairu
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