Chiriac
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Chiriac is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country, where it is the 93rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Greek Kυριακός (Kyriakós), from κυριακός (kyriakós), from κύριος (kýrios).
- RORomania≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- MDMoldova≈1 in 2.4K
- ITItaly≈1 in 38K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 101 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Greek Kυριακός (Kyriakós), from κυριακός (kyriakós), from κύριος (kýrios).
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chiriac counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | #93 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Chiriac | 94 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Chiriac | 32 |
| MD Moldova | #50 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | 6 | Chiriac | 43 |
| ES Spain | — | 703 | 1 in 71K | 703 | Chiriac | 33 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 395K | — | Chiriac | 62 |
| NO Norway | — | 86 | 1 in 64K | 86 | — | 4 |
| DK Denmark | — | 85 | 1 in 69K | 85 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); e-services.md — living population register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mircea Chiriacb. 1919RORomanian composer (1919-1994)
- Cornel Chiriacb. 1942RORomanian musician, journalist and radio producer (1942-1975)
- Corina Chiriacb. 1949RORomanian musician and actress
- Tudor Chiriacb. 1949MDSoviet and Moldovan composer and musician
- Anatol Chiriacb. 1953MDMoldovan politician
- Constantin Chiriacb. 1957RORomanian actor, festival president
- Dorina Chiriacb. 1973RORomanian film and theater actress and director
- George Chiriacb. 1979RORomanian rugby union player
- Dan ChiriacRORomanian actor
- Mircea ChiriacRORomanian geologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 703 | #6,053 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 703 | #6,049 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 86 | #17,387 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 85 | #6,434 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Chiriac mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Greek Kυριακός (Kyriakós), from κυριακός (kyriakós), from κύριος (kýrios). Recorded by Wiktionary and Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
- In which country does Chiriac have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Chiriac in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chiriac.
- How common is the name Chiriac?
- In Spain, the national register counted 703 people named Chiriac, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.
- How common is Chiriac compared with other names?
- In Romania, Chiriac is the 93rd most common surname of 78,699 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chiriac” — the 93rd most common surname in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.