Kiriau Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Kiriau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 335 | 1:1,731 | 127 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kiriau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiriau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiriau is borne by more people in The Solomon Islands than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kiriau.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiriau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 809,613th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Kiriau live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Solomonic Oceania.
This surname is most numerous in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 1,731. In The Solomon Islands Kiriau is primarily concentrated in: Capital Territory, where 56 percent are found, Malaita Province, where 27 percent are found and Western Province, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The Solomon Islands this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiriou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Keriau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuriau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kyriaou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kairiou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keriaou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Quairiau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cairieau | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kyriou | 67 | 482 | / |
| Quairiaux | 67 | 92 | / |
| Quiriault | 67 | 47 | / |
| Ciriou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerriou | 62 | 645 | / |
| Keriouh | 62 | 5 | / |
| Cheriau | 62 | 4 | / |
| Keriout | 62 | 3 | / |
| Queriau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Keriouz | 62 | 1 | / |
| Queriaud | 57 | 269 | / |
| Querriau | 57 | 38 | / |
| Queriaux | 57 | 9 | / |
| Keryaush | 57 | 3 | / |
| Quériaud | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cherriau | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chirițoiu | 53 | 168 | / |
| Queyriaux | 53 | 39 | / |
| Querriaux | 53 | 30 | / |
| Queyriaud | 53 | 4 | / |
| Chiriåoiu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Queriault | 53 | 1 | / |
| Quairioux | 53 | 1 | / |
| Quériault | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chirețoiu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Keryou | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Kiriau
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