Shireka Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Shireka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Shireka (59) may also be a first name.
Shireka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shireka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shireka is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shireka.
How Common Is The Last Name Shireka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shireka is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Shireka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Shireka reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Shireka is also the 1,282,666th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 59 people.
The surname Shireka is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Shireka is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 44 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 44 percent reside and Siaya County, where 11 percent reside. Beside Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Sudan, where 8 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 Shireka
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