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 last name Birega occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 289,639th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,508,349 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Birega live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Birega is also the 150,261st most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 2,429 people.
Birega is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Aside from Ethiopia Birega exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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