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 found most frequently in Mali. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Balaïra. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 683,026th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Balaira are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Mande Africa.
It is most commonly held in Mali, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 65,771. Besides Mali this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 32 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent live.
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
- 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 Balaira
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