Kwirina Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kwirina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kwirina Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349

Kwirina (334) may also be a first name.

Kwirina Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwirina occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwirina? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwirina is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Kwirina occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwirina live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kwirina is also the 478,963rd most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 334 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 2,439,955. In Uganda Kwirina is mostly found in: Bundibugyo District, where 56 percent are found, Rukungiri District, where 13 percent are found and Hoima District, where 6 percent are found. Besides Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Burundi, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwiringa931/
Gwirina8641/
Kwirino8617/
Kwerina862/
Kwiryna861/
Gwirinha8065/
Kweringa806/
Quirina7188/
Guirina718/
Kuirino714/
Kwireno711/
Kwerena711/
Kouerina676/
Quirinea673/
Quitrina671/
Quirinoa671/
Quirinah671/
Kwerenga671/
Queirina671/
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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 Kwirina
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