Breyah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Breyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Breyah (5) may also be a first name.
Breyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Breyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Breyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻳﺎﻩ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Breyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Breyah live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Breyah is also the 5,493,085th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 5 people.
The last name Breyah is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 50 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Breyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Breyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻳﺎﻩ | bryah | - |
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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 Breyah
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