Birai Surname
Approximately 679 people bear this surname
Birai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 146 | 1:362,614 | 26,759 |
| Kenya | 137 | 1:337,080 | 20,325 |
| Malaysia | 134 | 1:220,106 | 12,755 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Birai (633) may also be a first name.
Birai Demographics
Birai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Birai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Birai (Bengali: বিরই, Hindi: बिरई, Marathi: िबरई, Oriya: ବିରାଇ) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Birai? popularity and diffusion
Birai is the 488,458th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,732,763 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Birai reside; 43 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 330,859th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 633 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 362,614. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 96 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
Birai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Birai earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,562 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Birai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Birai in the Bengali language | ||
| বিরই | bira'i | - |
| Birai in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିରାଇ | bira'i | 81.82 |
| ବିରସା | birasa | 9.09 |
| ବିରଇ | bira'i | 9.09 |
| Birai in the Marathi language | ||
| िबरई | ibara'i | 50 |
| िबराई | ibara'i | 33.33 |
| बीरई | bira'i | 16.67 |
| Birai in the Hindi language | ||
| बिरई | bira'i | 45.1 |
| बिराई | bira'i | 27.45 |
| बीराई | bira'i | 18.63 |
| बीरई | bira'i | 6.86 |
| बीरि | biri | 0.98 |
| बीराी | birai | 0.98 |
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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 Birai
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