Kiirinya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kiirinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kiirinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiirinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiirinya occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiirinya? popularity and diffusion
Kiirinya is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Kiirinya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiirinya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Kiirinya is most numerous in: Meru County, where 67 percent live, Nyandarua County, where 17 percent live and Nyeri County, where 17 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent live.
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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 Kiirinya
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