Phiri Surname
Approximately 998,364 people bear this surname
Phiri Surname Definition:
Phiri is a surname of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: mountain.
Read More About This SurnamePhiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 473,511 | 1:36 | 2 |
| Zambia | 373,505 | 1:42 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 73,411 | 1:210 | 9 |
| South Africa | 42,957 | 1:1,261 | 134 |
| Mozambique | 23,483 | 1:1,161 | 282 |
| Botswana | 3,938 | 1:555 | 5 |
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| England | 1,228 | 1:45,373 | 5,716 |
| Swaziland | 1,213 | 1:1,070 | 140 |
| Lesotho | 830 | 1:2,449 | 346 |
| Tanzania | 470 | 1:112,642 | 10,843 |
| United States | 324 | 1:1,118,700 | 80,737 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Namibia | 227 | 1:10,614 | 2,012 |
| Thailand | 126 | 1:560,622 | 95,829 |
| Australia | 125 | 1:215,966 | 20,787 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:133,845 | 8,251 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Phiri (7,801) may also be a first name.
Phiri Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Phiri is a surname of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: mountain.
Phiri is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: mountain.
User-submitted Reference
A surname found among the Nyanja or Chewa people of Zambia and Malawi and their descendants. It means 'mountain', having been the associative name of Chewa Royalty that was established over 300 years ago at Kapirintini in Malawi, near modern day Mozambique. Phiri and Banda people amount to almost 1.5 million people making it one of the most numerous in the world.
Unrelated to the above is another Phiri surname which is the surname found in Sotho language countries, i.e Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa. This Phiri means 'secret' and has the spotted hyena as an allegorical totem animal. It is less numerous than the Chewa based one but has a town in Soweto Johannesburg named after it.
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Average Phiri Salary in
United States
$40,877 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Phiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Phiri (Oriya: ଫିରି) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phiri? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 541st most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,299 people. The surname Phiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phiri reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Phiri is also the 72,306th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 7,801 people.
Phiri is the most frequently occurring surname in one country:Zambia, where 37 percent are found. The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 473,511 people, or 1 in 36. Outside of Malawi it is found in 79 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 37 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
Phiri Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Phiri surname are 37.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.32% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Phiri earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 45.78% less than the national average, earning 187,660 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.32% less than the national average, earning R 165,588 per year; in United States they earn 5.27% less than the national average, earning $40,877 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.86% less than the national average, earning $44,286 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phiri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phiri in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫିରି | phiri | 66.67 |
| ଫିରୀ | phiri | 22.22 |
| ଫୀରି | phiri | 11.11 |
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