Spirian Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Spirian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spirian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1101:481,28732,644
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Spirian (161) may also be a first name.

Spirian Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spirian is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spirian? popularity and diffusion

Spirian is the 1,683,218th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Spirian occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Spirian are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Spirian is also the 722,635th most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 161 people.

Spirian is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 83 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 8 percent are found and Mara Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spirijan932/
Spirjan868/
Sperian864/
Spirianova822/
Spiryanova7122/
Spiryachin717/
Spurjan711/
Speryan711/
Sperion711/
Spherion675/
Spureon572/
Spergeon535/
Spureeon532/
Spergion531/

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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 Spirian
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