Charai Surname
Approximately 3,609 people bear this surname
Charai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 3,204 | 1:10,760 | 1,531 |
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| Thailand | 62 | 1:1,139,328 | 167,850 |
| Spain | 57 | 1:820,211 | 33,492 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Charaï (10) & Charaî (4) are calculated separately.
Charai (231) may also be a first name.
Charai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Charai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Charai (Bengali: চড়াই, Hindi: चरई, Marathi: चराई, Oriya: ଚରାଇ) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Charaï or Charaî. For other possible spellings of Charai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Charai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Charai is the 126,021st most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,019,270 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Charai are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 89 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 590,311th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 231 people.
The last name Charai is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 3,204 people, or 1 in 10,760. Besides Morocco it is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Charai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Charai in the Marathi language | ||
| चराई | cara'i | - |
| Charai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚରାଇ | cara'i | 79.03 |
| ତରାଇ | tara'i | 12.9 |
| ତରାଈ | tara'i | 4.84 |
| ଚାରାଇ | cara'i | 1.61 |
| Charai in the Hindi language | ||
| चरई | cara'i | 66.67 |
| चाराई | cara'i | 33.33 |
| Charai in the Bengali language | ||
| চড়াই | cara'i | 43.75 |
| চরাই | cara'i | 37.5 |
| চড়াই | cara'i | 6.25 |
| চরয় | caraya | 6.25 |
| চরেই | care'i | 6.25 |
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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
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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 Charai
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