Kireu Surname
Approximately 1,591 people bear this surname
Kireu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,534 | 1:30,104 | 3,306 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Kireu (144) may also be a first name.
Kireu Demographics
Kireu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kireu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kireu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kireu (Russian: Киреу) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kireu? popularity and diffusion
Kireu is the 249,495th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,580,481 people. The last name Kireu is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kireu live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 769,375th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 144 people.
The surname Kireu is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,534 people, or 1 in 30,104. In Kenya Kireu is most numerous in: Narok County, where 72 percent live, Kajiado County, where 16 percent live and Nakuru County, where 9 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 3 percent live and Moldova, where 0 percent live.
Kireu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kireu last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kireu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kireu in the Russian language | ||
| Киреу | kireu | - |
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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 Kireu
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