Braiha Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Braiha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Braiha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braiha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Braiha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻬﺎ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Braiha? popularity and diffusion
Braiha is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Braiha live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 86 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Braiha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Braiha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻬﺎ | abryha | 50 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻪ | abryh | 25 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﺤﻪ | bryhh | 25 |
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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 Braiha
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