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
The surname Erai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻋﻲ, Marathi: फ़ेरई, Oriya: ଏରାଇ) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Erai.
How Common Is The Last Name Erai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Erai is the 1,305,105th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name Erai is primarily found 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 occurring first name world-wide, held by 308 people.
This last name is most commonly held 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 live, Chimbu, where 17 percent live and Central, where 12 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.
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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