Kır Surname
Approximately 24,789 people bear this surname
Kır Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 24,783 | 1:3,140 | 450 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
The alternate forms: Kr (1,944) are calculated separately.
Kır Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kır Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kır is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Kr. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kır? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kır is the 21,931st most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 293,983 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Kır reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Kır is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 24,783 people, or 1 in 3,140. In Turkey Kır is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 22 percent reside, Antalya Province, where 6 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Turkey it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kır
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