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
Braiha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻬﺎ) is found most in Mauritania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Braiha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 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 numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Braiha is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 86 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also common 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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