Biraye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Biraye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Biraye (110) may also be a first name.
Biraye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biraye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Biraye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﺍﻱ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biraye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Biraye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Biraye live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 110 people.
The last name Biraye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 78 percent live, Ogun, where 11 percent live and Ondo, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 9 percent live and Somalia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Biraye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Biraye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﺍﻱ | bray | - |
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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 Biraye
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