Shirleen Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Shirleen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirleen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1041:444,03823,626
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Shirleen (6,796) may also be a first name.

Shirleen Last Name Facts

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

Shirleen is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirleen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shirleen is the 1,736,881st most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Shirleen live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shirleen is also the 79,100th most frequently held given name at a global level. It is borne by 6,796 people.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 444,038. In Kenya Shirleen is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 78 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 4 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 4 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 4 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Shirleen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Shirleen
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