Berai Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Berai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 76 | 1:388,082 | 20,352 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Guyana | 12 | 1:63,518 | 5,280 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Berai (212) may also be a first name.
Berai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Berai (Bengali: বেরাই, Hindi: बेराई, Marathi: बेरई, Oriya: େବରାଇ, Russian: Бераи) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Berai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Berai is the 1,098,270th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Berai occurs mostly in Asia, where 68 percent of Berai are found; 41 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 41 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 620,917th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 212 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 388,082. In Malaysia Berai is most common in: Sarawak, where 91 percent are found, Selangor, where 5 percent are found and Sabah, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia Berai occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Berai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berai in the Bengali language | ||
| বেরাই | bera'i | - |
| Berai in the Marathi language | ||
| बेरई | bera'i | - |
| Berai in the Hindi language | ||
| बेराई | bera'i | 66.67 |
| बेरई | bera'i | 33.33 |
| Berai in the Oriya language | ||
| େବରାଇ | ebara'i | 60 |
| େଜରାଇ | ejara'i | 20 |
| ବାସି | basi | 20 |
| Berai in the Russian language | ||
| Бераи | berai | - |
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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 Berai
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