Kirye Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kirye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Kirye (10) may also be a first name.
Kirye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kirye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kirye is found most in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kirye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kirye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kirye live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.
Kirye is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kamuli District, where 38 percent live, Mayuge District, where 28 percent live and Luuka District, where 7 percent live. Barring Uganda Kirye occurs in one country. It is also found in Italy, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kirye
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