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 found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birhana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 numerous forename on earth, borne by 53 people.
The last name Birhana is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 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 Birhana
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