Cherai Surname
Approximately 516 people bear this surname
Cherai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Zimbabwe | 107 | 1:144,283 | 18,537 |
| Algeria | 76 | 1:508,310 | 37,383 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Cheraï (1) are calculated separately.
Cherai (257) may also be a first name.
Cherai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cherai (Hindi: चेरई, Marathi: चेराई, Oriya: େଚରାଇ) is found in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Cheraï. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cherai.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 601,907th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. The surname Cherai is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Cherai are found; 68 percent are found in North Africa and 68 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 555,528th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 257 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Without taking into account Morocco it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent are found and Algeria, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cherai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cherai in the Marathi language | ||
| चेराई | cera'i | - |
| Cherai in the Hindi language | ||
| चेरई | cera'i | 85.71 |
| चेरइ | cera'i | 7.14 |
| चेराई | cera'i | 7.14 |
| Cherai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚରାଇ | ecara'i | 50 |
| େଚରଇ | ecara'i | 50 |
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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 Cherai
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