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
The surname Biraye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﺍﻱ) is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Biraye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biraye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Biraye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Biraye are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Biraye is also the 895,203rd most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 110 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 78 percent reside, Ogun, where 11 percent reside and Ondo, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 9 percent reside and Somalia, where 9 percent reside.
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
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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 Biraye
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