Boraia Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Boraia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 325 | 1:81,309 | 5,389 |
| Kiribati | 9 | 1:12,601 | 393 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Boraia (19) may also be a first name.
Boraia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boraia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boraia is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boraia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 821,713th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Boraia reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 81,309. In Yemen it is most common in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 95 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 4 percent are found and Al Mahrah Governorate, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kiribati, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Boraia
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