Briha Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Briha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Briha (143) may also be a first name.
Briha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Briha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Briha (Bengali: বৃহ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻬﺎ, Hindi: बृहा, Oriya: ବରିହା) occurs most in India. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Briha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Briha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Briha live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 772,378th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 143 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most frequent in: Odisha, where 75 percent live, Maharashtra, where 17 percent live and Jharkhand, where 8 percent live. Outside of India it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 33 percent live and Algeria, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Briha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Briha in the Oriya language | ||
| ବରିହା | bariha | - |
| Briha in the Hindi language | ||
| बृहा | brha | 93.75 |
| ब्रिहा | briha | 6.25 |
| Briha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻬﺎ | abryha | 66.67 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻪ | abryh | 33.33 |
| Briha in the Bengali language | ||
| বৃহ | brha | 50 |
| বৃহরাই | brhara'i | 8.33 |
| বৃহমালা | brhamala | 8.33 |
| ব্রিহলক্ষী | brihalaksi | 8.33 |
| বৃহপতি | brhapati | 8.33 |
| ব্রিহ | briha | 8.33 |
| বৃহলক্ষী | brhalaksi | 8.33 |
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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 Briha
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