Birayan Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Birayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Birayan (16) may also be a first name.

Birayan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Birayan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Birayan (Marathi: िबरायन, Russian: Бираян) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birayan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Birayan occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Birayan are found; 86 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 86 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name globally It is held by 16 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,638,568. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 94 percent are found and Sabah, where 6 percent are found. Other than Malaysia Birayan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Birayan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Birayan in the Marathi language
िबरायनibarayana66.67
बीरयानbirayana33.33
Birayan in the Russian language
Бираянbiraan-

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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 Birayan
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