Brainah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Brainah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Brainah (5) may also be a first name.
Brainah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brainah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brainah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brainah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Brainah is predominantly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Brainah are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 5 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and Ireland, where 20 percent live.
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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 Brainah
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