Kirinya Surname

381,197th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 935 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kirinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kirinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6961:56,0916,613
Kenya2351:196,51014,435
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kirinya (11) may also be a first name.

Kirinya Last Name Facts

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

Kirinya (Hindi: किरिंया) is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kirinya.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirinya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 381,197th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,794,167 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kirinya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 11 people.

Kirinya is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 696 people, or 1 in 56,091. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Wakiso District, where 35 percent live, Kampala District, where 21 percent live and Mityana District, where 7 percent live. Other than Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Kirinya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kirienya9392/
Kirainya931/
Kirrinya931/
Kairinya931/
Keirinya931/
Khitrinya884/
Kirenya8686/
Kirinyo863/
Kirinja861/
Kirinia861/
Kireenya804/
Kerienya801/
Khairinia75127/
Kerinja7112/
Kirenia718/
Kirenja716/
Kirenha711/
Kirinjo711/
Cherinya6775/
Chirinea6735/
Kierenia6710/
Kirenjoy674/
Quirinea673/
Kerrigna670/

Kirinya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kirinya in the Hindi language
किरिंयाkirinya-

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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 Kirinya
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