Kieri Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Kieri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| Sweden | 104 | 1:94,680 | 6,886 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Kieri (59) may also be a first name.
Kieri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kieri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kieri (Oriya: କିଏରୀ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kieri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kieri? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kieri is the 899,940th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Kieri live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kieri is also the 1,282,666th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 59 people.
The surname Kieri is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 1,221,674. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent live, Rivers, where 4 percent live and Delta, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 35 percent live and Finland, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kieri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kieri in the Oriya language | ||
| କିଏରୀ | ki'eri | - |
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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 Kieri
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