Kariiri Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kariiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kariiri Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2651:174,26413,206
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676

Kariiri (25) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kariiri Demographics

Kariiri Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 11 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Kariiri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kariiri is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kariiri? popularity and diffusion

Kariiri is the 966,131st most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kariiri reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kariiri is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 25 people.

The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 174,264. In Kenya Kariiri is mostly found in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 46 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 31 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 18 percent are found. Besides Kenya it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Kariiri Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kariiri last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kariira8638/
Karieri8615/
Kariire8612/
Keriiri861/
Karihira8052/
Karihire801/
Carieri71126/
Kariere713/
Kargeri711/
Karyeri711/
Karjeri711/
Karriere6720/
Kourieri6719/
Karijere679/
Karriera672/
Karryeri671/
Quarieri671/
Korrieri671/
Karhiera671/
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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 Kariiri
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