Dirai Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Dirai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Zimbabwe | 59 | 1:261,665 | 27,736 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dirai (261) may also be a first name.
Dirai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dirai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dirai (Hindi: डिरई, Marathi: िदराई, Oriya: ଦିରାଇ) is found in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dirai.
How Common Is The Last Name Dirai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 853,416th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Dirai are found; 64 percent are found in North Africa and 64 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 550,922nd most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 261 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Other than Morocco this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dirai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dirai in the Marathi language | ||
| िदराई | idara'i | - |
| Dirai in the Hindi language | ||
| डिरई | dira'i | 66.67 |
| दिरई | dira'i | 33.33 |
| Dirai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦିରାଇ | dira'i | 50 |
| ଦିରାଈ | dira'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 Dirai
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