Kiirya Surname
Approximately 11,321 people bear this surname
Kiirya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11,296 | 1:3,456 | 619 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kiirya (191) may also be a first name.
Kiirya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiirya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiirya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiirya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kiirya is the 45,806th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 643,719 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiirya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kiirya is also the 657,437th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 191 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 11,296 people, or 1 in 3,456. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Namutumba District, where 17 percent live, Buyende District, where 15 percent live and Kamuli District, where 11 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 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 Kiirya
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