Baïra Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Baïra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Baira (8,600) are calculated separately.
Baïra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baïra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Baïra occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Baira. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baïra? popularity and diffusion
Baïra is the 6,723,624th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Baïra are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin it is mostly found in: Atakora Department, where 86 percent live and Borgou Department, where 14 percent live. Besides Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in France, where 13 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 Baïra
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