Kirai Surname
Approximately 976 people bear this surname
Kirai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 382 | 1:120,890 | 10,105 |
| Papua New Guinea | 199 | 1:40,973 | 4,986 |
| Thailand | 81 | 1:872,078 | 137,928 |
| Japan | 78 | 1:1,639,029 | 25,369 |
| India | 77 | 1:9,961,888 | 192,972 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Romania | 32 | 1:627,433 | 44,366 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kirai (275) may also be a first name.
Kirai Demographics
Kirai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kirai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kirai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kirai (Hindi: किरई, Marathi: िकरई, Oriya: କିରାଇ) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kirai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 368,594th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,466,748 people. The surname Kirai occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Kirai are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kirai is also the 535,844th most widespread forename on earth, held by 275 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 382 people, or 1 in 120,890. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Meru County, where 53 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 40 percent reside and Kirinyaga County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.
Kirai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kirai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kirai in the Oriya language | ||
| କିରାଇ | kira'i | 93.48 |
| ଲାୁକିରାଇ | laukira'i | 2.17 |
| ମାତାକିରାଇ | matakira'i | 2.17 |
| େକରାଇ | ekara'i | 2.17 |
| Kirai in the Hindi language | ||
| किरई | kira'i | 66.67 |
| किराई | kira'i | 33.33 |
| Kirai in the Marathi language | ||
| िकरई | ikara'i | 60 |
| िकराई | ikara'i | 40 |
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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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- 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 Kirai
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