Kiraba Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kiraba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiraba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3871:136,80012,653
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Kenya511:905,48833,171
Turkey491:1,588,19260,638
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Kiraba (83) may also be a first name.

Kiraba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kiraba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kiraba (Marathi: िकरबा) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kiraba.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiraba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 542,751st most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kiraba live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kiraba is also the 1,052,971st most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 83 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 136,800. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 59 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 24 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kiraba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kiraba in the Marathi language
िकरबाikaraba92.31
करबाkaraba7.69

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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 Kiraba
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