Kiriş Surname
Approximately 9,277 people bear this surname
Kiriş Surname User-submission:
A Turkish surname, meaning 'beam', or 'arrow wire'.
Kiriş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 9,236 | 1:8,426 | 1,140 |
| Northern Cyprus | 37 | 1:8,622 | 2,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Kiris (629) are calculated separately.
Kiriş Surname Meaning
Kiriş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiriş Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiriş (Georgian: კირის, Hindi: किरीश, Oriya: କିରିସ) occurs most in Turkey. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kiris. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiriş? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 54,846th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 785,550 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kiriş reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 9,236 people, or 1 in 8,426. In Turkey Kiriş is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent are found, Denizli Province, where 8 percent are found and Antalya Province, where 8 percent are found. Other than Turkey it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiriş Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiriş in the Georgian language | ||
| კირის | kiris | - |
| Kiriş in the Oriya language | ||
| କିରିସ | kirisa | - |
| Kiriş in the Hindi language | ||
| किरीश | kirisa | 40 |
| किरिस | kirisa | 40 |
| किरीस | kirisa | 20 |
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Footnotes
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