Era Surname
Approximately 38,954 people bear this surname
Era Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11,730 | 1:65,393 | 4,453 |
| Bangladesh | 8,922 | 1:17,861 | 1,322 |
| Egypt | 5,247 | 1:17,522 | 2,041 |
| Philippines | 4,736 | 1:21,376 | 2,700 |
| Japan | 3,597 | 1:35,542 | 3,286 |
| Iran | 843 | 1:91,082 | 9,132 |
| Indonesia | 615 | 1:215,039 | 20,166 |
| Italy | 545 | 1:112,214 | 18,694 |
| United States | 378 | 1:958,886 | 71,403 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 262 | 1:31,121 | 3,577 |
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Singapore | 103 | 1:53,473 | 2,131 |
| Cameroon | 100 | 1:207,691 | 21,269 |
| Brazil | 91 | 1:2,352,465 | 72,498 |
| Venezuela | 86 | 1:351,210 | 7,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 79 | 1:115,978 | 9,837 |
| Malaysia | 78 | 1:378,131 | 19,929 |
| Mexico | 62 | 1:2,002,036 | 18,805 |
| Nepal | 61 | 1:466,901 | 4,262 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Haiti | 39 | 1:273,946 | 9,218 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36 | 1:98,233 | 8,468 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Palestine | 30 | 1:151,628 | 8,274 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Finland | 24 | 1:229,029 | 18,579 |
| Taiwan | 24 | 1:976,864 | 6,814 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Yemen | 22 | 1:1,201,150 | 11,790 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Costa Rica | 10 | 1:478,007 | 4,148 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
The alternate forms: Erä (16) & Éra (1) are calculated separately.
Era (239,517) may also be a first name.
Era Demographics
Average Era Salary in
United States
$43,026 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Era Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Era Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Era (Arabic: عصر, Georgian: ერა, Hindi: ईरा, Marathi: एरा, Oriya: ଏରା, Tibetan: ཨི་ར་) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Erä or Éra. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Era? popularity and diffusion
The surname Era is the 14,312th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 187,081 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Era live; 56 percent live in South Asia and 31 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 4,381st most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 239,517 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 11,730 people, or 1 in 65,393. In India Era is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 93 percent reside, Telangana, where 3 percent reside and Odisha, where 2 percent reside. Outside of India this surname exists in 88 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 23 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.
Era Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Era has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Era surname expanded 1,260 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Era Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Era last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Era last name are 27.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.97% registered with the political party.
The amount Era earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 10.01% more than the national average, earning €33,035 per year; in South Africa they earn 43.22% less than the national average, earning R 134,928 per year; in United States they earn 0.29% less than the national average, earning $43,026 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.49% less than the national average, earning $47,949 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Era Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Era in the Georgian language | ||
| ერა | era | - |
| Era in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨི་ར་ | ira | - |
| Era in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏରା | era | 99.48 |
| ଏର | era | 0.13 |
| Era in the Marathi language | ||
| एरा | era | 75 |
| एर | era | 25 |
| Era in the Hindi language | ||
| ईरा | ira | 26.32 |
| एरा | era | 26.32 |
| इरा | ira | 15.79 |
| ेरा | era | 10.53 |
| े्र | era | 7.89 |
| ऐरा | aira | 5.26 |
| एर | era | 5.26 |
| र्इरा | r'ira | 2.63 |
| Era in the Arabic language | ||
| عصر | sr | - |
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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 Era
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