Kira Surname
Approximately 21,940 people bear this surname
Kira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 11,450 | 1:11,165 | 1,488 |
| India | 3,073 | 1:249,615 | 14,479 |
| Egypt | 1,891 | 1:48,618 | 4,776 |
| Tanzania | 1,214 | 1:43,609 | 4,958 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| Papua New Guinea | 545 | 1:14,961 | 1,450 |
| Indonesia | 394 | 1:335,658 | 29,246 |
| Turkey | 340 | 1:228,887 | 16,248 |
| United States | 323 | 1:1,122,164 | 80,931 |
| Brazil | 256 | 1:836,228 | 30,212 |
| Vietnam | 226 | 1:409,938 | 1,323 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Nigeria | 173 | 1:1,023,947 | 43,086 |
| Uganda | 145 | 1:269,236 | 19,482 |
| Philippines | 87 | 1:1,163,658 | 92,852 |
| Israel | 83 | 1:103,104 | 11,791 |
| Hungary | 78 | 1:125,850 | 11,707 |
| New Zealand | 72 | 1:62,893 | 9,679 |
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Malaysia | 60 | 1:491,570 | 24,692 |
| Slovakia | 60 | 1:88,941 | 17,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 58 | 1:397,780 | 13,651 |
| Poland | 56 | 1:678,728 | 58,421 |
| Pakistan | 48 | 1:3,721,748 | 27,543 |
| Serbia | 43 | 1:166,162 | 10,980 |
| Solomon Islands | 42 | 1:13,810 | 2,567 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Argentina | 38 | 1:1,124,827 | 67,975 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Romania | 11 | 1:1,825,261 | 53,941 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
The alternate forms: Kíra (1) are calculated separately.
Kira (121,889) may also be a first name.
Kira Demographics
Average Kira Salary in
United States
$42,326 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kira (Arabic: قيرا, Bengali: কিরা, Georgian: კირა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻴﺮﻩ, Hindi: कीरा, Marathi: कीरा, Oriya: କିରା) is most common in Japan. It can be found in the variant forms: Kíra. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 24,616th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 332,158 people. The surname Kira occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Kira live; 52 percent live in East Asia and 52 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 8,485th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 121,889 people.
The surname Kira is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 11,450 people, or 1 in 11,165. In Japan it is most frequent in: Ōita Prefecture, where 26 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Kōchi Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Excluding Japan this surname occurs in 86 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.
Kira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kira has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Kira last name grew 283 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kira last name is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (68%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kira last name are 1.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.76% registered with the party.
The amount Kira earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.91% less than the national average, earning $42,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.19% more than the national average, earning $56,236 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kira in the Georgian language | ||
| კირა | kira | - |
| Kira in the Bengali language | ||
| কিরা | kira | - |
| Kira in the Marathi language | ||
| कीरा | kira | - |
| Kira in the Oriya language | ||
| କିରା | kira | 80 |
| କିର | kira | 13.33 |
| କୀରା | kira | 3.33 |
| କିରାତାି | kiratai | 3.33 |
| Kira in the Hindi language | ||
| कीरा | kira | 43.4 |
| किरा | kira | 32.08 |
| किरण | kirana | 16.04 |
| किराड़ | kirara | 5.66 |
| Kira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻴﺮﻩ | qyrh | 25 |
| ﺧﻴﺮﻩ | khyrh | 25 |
| ﺧﻴﺮ | khyr | 25 |
| ﻛﻴﺮﻩ | kyrh | 25 |
| Kira in the Arabic language | ||
| قيرا | qyra | - |
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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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- 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 Kira
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