Balaira Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Balaira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Indonesia | 140 | 1:944,637 | 69,875 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Balaïra (2) are calculated separately.
Balaira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balaira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻻﻳﺎﺭ, Hindi: बलाई्र) is held by more people in Mali than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Balaïra. Click here for other potential spellings of Balaira.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 683,026th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. The surname Balaira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Balaira reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Mande Africa.
The surname Balaira is most widespread in Mali, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 65,771. Aside from Mali Balaira occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balaira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balaira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻻﻳﺎﺭ | balayar | - |
| Balaira in the Hindi language | ||
| बलाई्र | bala'ira | 66.67 |
| बलाइ्र | bala'ira | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Balaira
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