Prayag Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity

20,303^rd

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 44,650 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

India

Highest density in:

Nepal

The name Prayag means 'confluence of rivers'.

There are many places with Prayag as suffix, like Rudra Prayag and Karna Prayag, where rivers meet.

Recently, India renamed one of its holy cities, Allahabad, to Prayag Raj, as it's where 3 of the holiest Rivers (Ganges, Jamuna and Saraswati) meet.

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
India	77%	42,359	1:28,681	4,004
Nepal	88%	2,118	1:13,450	1,416
United Arab Emirates	-	39	1:183,384	11,968
United States	100%	38	1:9,540,447	97,626
Qatar	100%	36	1:65,822	8,074
England	100%	13	1:4,277,148	41,317
Malaysia	100%	9	1:3,383,327	86,111
Poland	-	9	1:4,225,235	4,388
Thailand	100%	7	1:10,009,402	140,485
China	-	3	1:455,351,927	89,064
Canada	-	3	1:11,044,457	76,719
Russia	100%	3	1:48,077,901	98,779
Australia	-	2	1:6,828,811	37,569
New Zealand	-	1	1:4,536,044	17,392
Norway	-	1	1:5,132,329	37,513
Cambodia	-	1	1:16,273,330	74,610
Mauritius	-	1	1:1,297,784	13,721
Italy	-	1	1:61,062,090	83,289
Guyana	-	1	1:763,262	24,238
Trinidad and Tobago	-	1	1:1,361,419	34,512
Uganda	-	1	1:40,956,920	131,348
Ukraine	-	1	1:45,499,908	32,056
Belgium	-	1	1:11,490,041	43,727
Germany	-	1	1:96,677,876	95,912

Prayag (2,945) may also be a surname.

The name Prayag means 'confluence of rivers'.

There are many places with Prayag as suffix, like Rudra Prayag and Karna Prayag, where rivers meet.

Recently, India renamed one of its holy cities, Allahabad, to Prayag Raj, as it's where 3 of the holiest Rivers (Ganges, Jamuna and Saraswati) meet.

Prayag Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 6 (2014)

United States
Average

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Prrayag	92	21	/
Prayagh	92	6	/
Prauyag	92	1	/
Prayasg	92	1	/
Prayagg	92	1	/
Prayg	91	17	/
Prayog	83	197	/
Priyag	83	127	/
Prayak	83	38	/
Preyag	83	13	/
Proyag	83	11	/
Pruyag	83	10	/
Prajag	83	7	/
Prayeg	83	4	/
Prayug	83	3	/
Prrayog	77	4	/
Prajyog	77	3	/
Priya'g	77	1	/
Priyagg	77	1	/
Prriyag	77	1	/
Prajagt	77	1	/
Prajasg	77	1	/
Prayokg	77	1	/
Prayoog	77	1	/
Prayoug	77	1	/
Prrrrrayag	75	4	/
Praig	73	5	/
Preag	73	1	/
Praug	73	1	/
Pbryg	73	1	/
Prajak	67	3,882	/
Priyak	67	3,115	/
Prayuk	67	421	/
Prayok	67	107	/
Prayik	67	34	/
Priyac	67	21	/
Prajug	67	17	/
Praweg	67	8	/
Priyaq	67	7	/
Prayek	67	5	/
Preyak	67	4	/
Preygh	67	1	/
Proyeg	67	1	/
Priyog	67	1	/
Priyax	67	1	/
Prajog	67	1	/
Praiak	67	1	/

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