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 surname Birehan is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birehan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 74,465th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,104,006 people. It 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. It is also the 210,043rd most frequent given name globally It is held by 1,388 people.
The surname Birehan is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 6,600 people, or 1 in 14,780. Apart from Ethiopia it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis