Birega Surname
Approximately 1,323 people bear this surname
Birega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Birega (2,429) may also be a first name.
Birega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Birega is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birega? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 289,639th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,508,349 people. Birega occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Birega live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 150,261st most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,429 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Barring Ethiopia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
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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 Birega
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