Brah Surname
Approximately 17,780 people bear this surname
Brah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 16,393 | 1:1,171 | 161 |
| Cameroon | 373 | 1:55,681 | 7,197 |
| Nigeria | 224 | 1:790,816 | 35,405 |
| India | 197 | 1:3,893,733 | 106,713 |
| United States | 148 | 1:2,449,047 | 150,246 |
| Ivory Coast | 117 | 1:197,190 | 8,500 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Philippines | 52 | 1:1,946,889 | 117,777 |
| Benin | 49 | 1:210,931 | 19,709 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Iran | 22 | 1:3,490,115 | 99,764 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Brah (8,132) may also be a first name.
Brah Demographics
Average Male Brah Height
176.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Brah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻩ, Hindi: ब्रह, Oriya: ବାହ) is found most in Niger. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,064th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 409,873 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Brah reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Brah is also the 70,302nd most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 8,132 people.
The surname Brah is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 16,393 people, or 1 in 1,171. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 89 percent are found, Diffa Region, where 7 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 2 percent are found. Not including Niger Brah occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Brah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 617 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Brah surname are 16.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.79% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Brah earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 25.69% more than the national average, earning $54,236 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.69% more than the national average, earning $63,937 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻩ | abrah | - |
| Brah in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रह | braha | 94.12 |
| ब्र | bra | 2.94 |
| ब्रह् | brah | 2.94 |
| Brah in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାହ | baha | 50 |
| ବରାହ | baraha | 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 Brah
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