Kirau Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Kirau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Kenya | 27 | 1:1,710,367 | 35,924 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kirau (100) may also be a first name.
Kirau Demographics
Kirau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kirau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kirau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kirau (Hindi: किरऊ, Oriya: କିରଉ, Russian: Кирау) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kirau.
How Common Is The Last Name Kirau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,691,963rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Kirau live; 65 percent live in Oceania Islands and 65 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 946,056th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 100 people.
The last name Kirau is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea Kirau is most prevalent in: Central, where 37 percent live, National Capital District, where 15 percent live and Morobe, where 13 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Kirau is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 23 percent live and Malaysia, where 5 percent live.
Kirau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kirau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kirau in the Oriya language | ||
| କିରଉ | kira'u | - |
| Kirau in the Hindi language | ||
| किरऊ | kira'u | 62.5 |
| किरउ | kira'u | 25 |
| किराउ | kira'u | 12.5 |
| Kirau in the Russian language | ||
| Кирау | kirau | - |
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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 Kirau
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