Alaira Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Alaira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Alaira (123) may also be a first name.
Alaira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alaira is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,944,094th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Alaira are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 123 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 51 percent live, Kogi, where 41 percent live and Oyo, where 8 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and Iran, where 2 percent live.
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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 Alaira
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