Birhana Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Birhana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Birhana (53) may also be a first name.
Birhana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birhana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Birhana is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birhana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Birhana live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Birhana is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name globally, held by 53 people.
The last name Birhana is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Aside from Ethiopia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Birhana
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