Biraha Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Biraha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 415 | 1:1,848,350 | 65,079 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Biraha (12) may also be a first name.
Biraha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biraha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Biraha (Bengali: বিরহ, Marathi: िबरहा, Oriya: ବିରହା) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Biraha.
How Common Is The Last Name Biraha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 695,980th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Biraha live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Biraha is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name in the world It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 415 people, or 1 in 1,848,350. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 85 percent live, Odisha, where 13 percent live and West Bengal, where 2 percent live. Not including India this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Biraha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Biraha in the Bengali language | ||
| বিরহ | biraha | - |
| Biraha in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିରହା | biraha | 97.62 |
| ବିରାହା | biraha | 2.38 |
| Biraha in the Marathi language | ||
| िबरहा | ibaraha | 92.69 |
| िबराहा | ibaraha | 4.23 |
| बीरहा | biraha | 2.31 |
| िरहा | iraha | 0.77 |
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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 Biraha
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