Braika Surname
Approximately 723 people bear this surname
Braika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 297 | 1:13,787 | 1,319 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Algeria | 192 | 1:201,206 | 23,897 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Braïka (26) are calculated separately.
Braika (1,040) may also be a first name.
Braika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Braika (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻚ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also appear in the variant forms: Braïka. Click here for other possible spellings of Braika.
How Common Is The Last Name Braika? popularity and diffusion
The surname Braika is the 465,687th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,079,593 people. The last name Braika is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Braika reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 248,543rd most frequent given name in the world, borne by 1,040 people.
The last name Braika is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 13,787. In Mauritania Braika is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 27 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 15 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Mauritania it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 28 percent live and Algeria, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Braika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Braika in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻚ | abryk | 45.54 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻜﻪ | abrykh | 42.86 |
| ﺃﺑﺮﻳﻜﻪ | abrykh | 5.36 |
| ﺃﺑﺮﻳﻚ | abryk | 3.57 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﺮﻳﻚ | abyryk | 0.89 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻜﺔ | abrykt | 0.89 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﻜﻪ | brykh | 0.89 |
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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 Braika
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