Birshi Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Birshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Birshi (2,156) may also be a first name.
Birshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Birshi (Bengali: বির্শি, Hindi: बिरशी, Oriya: ବିଷିର୍, Tibetan: བིར་ཤི་) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Birshi are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Birshi is also the 161,552nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 2,156 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Birshi is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 95 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Birshi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Birshi in the Bengali language | ||
| বির্শি | birsi | - |
| Birshi in the Tibetan language | ||
| བིར་ཤི་ | birshi | 57.14 |
| བིར་སི་ | birsi | 28.57 |
| བིར་ཤི | birshi | 14.29 |
| Birshi in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଷିର୍ | bisir | 56.94 |
| ବିଶିର୍ | bisir | 16.67 |
| ବିଷର୍ୀ | bisari | 13.89 |
| ବିଶର୍ୀ | bisari | 9.72 |
| ବିରସୀ | birasi | 1.39 |
| ବିରଶୀ | birasi | 1.39 |
| Birshi in the Hindi language | ||
| बिरशी | birasi | 50 |
| बिरषी | birasi | 50 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birshi
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