Kirkins Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kirkins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kirkins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Kirkins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kirkins is carried by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirkins? popularity and diffusion

Kirkins is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Kirkins are found; 57 percent are found in Central Asia and 57 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

The surname is most frequent in Kazakhstan, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,420,624. In Kazakhstan Kirkins is most prevalent in: North Kazakhstan Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Kazakhstan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Kirkins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kirkins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kirkins surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kirknæs8630/
Kirkens8614/
Cirkins8613/
Kurkins865/
Kerkins862/
Kirkenss800/
Kerkns771/
Curkins7151/
Cerkins712/
Circins712/
Kerkens711/
Cirkens711/
Kirkems710/
Kirchens67131/
Circkens6729/
Cherkins671/
Kerchins670/
Circens5740/
Cercins579/

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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 Kirkins
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