Kiriwe Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Kiriwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kiriwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiriwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiriwe occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiriwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,765,740th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kiriwe live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kiriwe is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 534,764. In Tanzania Kiriwe is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 97 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiriw | 91 | 40 | / |
| Khiriwet | 86 | 10 | / |
| Koiriwei | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kiriwa | 83 | 211 | / |
| Kirawe | 83 | 53 | / |
| Kiriwi | 83 | 51 | / |
| Kirive | 83 | 31 | / |
| Kiruwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kairiw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kirewe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwai | 77 | 59 | / |
| Kiribea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kiraive | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kairiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kiroiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuraiwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kirew | 73 | 8 | / |
| Keriw | 73 | 2 | / |
| Khirieva | 71 | 19 | / |
| Kiriyeva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kiriwich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quiriowe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwaip | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kerewe | 67 | 341 | / |
| Kirave | 67 | 197 | / |
| Kiriva | 67 | 91 | / |
| Kuruwe | 67 | 58 | / |
| Keriwa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Keruwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kireew | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kirewa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kirivi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kurewe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kiruwi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kairew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khairawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerive | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kirieieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cirive | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kurive | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiruvi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kiriwe
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