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 Male Kira Height
173.04 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kira (Arabic: قيرا, Bengali: কিরা, Georgian: კირა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻴﺮﻩ, Hindi: कीरा, Marathi: कीरा, Oriya: କିରା) occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kíra. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 24,616th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 332,158 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Kira reside; 52 percent reside in East Asia and 52 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 8,485th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 121,889 people.
The last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 11,450 people, or 1 in 11,165. In Japan Kira is most frequent in: Ōita Prefecture, where 26 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Kōchi Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 86 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.
Kira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kira has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Kira surname rose 283 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (68%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Kira are 1.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.76% being registered with the political 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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