Whiri Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Whiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Whiri (10) may also be a first name.
Whiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Whiri is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Whiri.
How Common Is The Last Name Whiri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Whiri reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Whiri is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 10 people.
The surname Whiri is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Whiri is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 53 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 41 percent live and Harare Province, where 6 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Whiri occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.
Whiri Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Whiri has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Whiri
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