Erai Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Erai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Erai (308) may also be a first name.
Erai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Erai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻋﻲ, Marathi: फ़ेरई, Oriya: ଏରାଇ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,305,105th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Erai reside; 66 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 66 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Erai is also the 501,377th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 308 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 70,902. In Papua New Guinea Erai is most prevalent in: Northern, where 39 percent are found, Chimbu, where 17 percent are found and Central, where 12 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Erai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Erai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻋﻲ | alray | - |
| Erai in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ेरई | fera'i | - |
| Erai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏରାଇ | era'i | 87.5 |
| ଏରାଈ | era'i | 12.5 |
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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 Erai
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