Birehan Surname
Approximately 6,601 people bear this surname
Birehan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,600 | 1:14,780 | 2,065 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Birehan (1,388) may also be a first name.
Birehan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birehan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Birehan is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birehan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 74,465th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,104,006 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Birehan are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Birehan is also the 210,043rd most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 1,388 people.
The last name Birehan is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 6,600 people, or 1 in 14,780. Not including Ethiopia Birehan occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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 Birehan
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