Erast Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Erast Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Erast (767) may also be a first name.
Erast Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erast Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Erast (Georgian: ერასტ, Oriya: ଏରା, Russian: Эраст) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erast? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,168,711th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. Erast is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Erast reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 296,432nd most numerous forename globally, borne by 767 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 725,228. In Tanzania Erast is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 88 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Erast is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burundi, where 1 percent live and Chad, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Erast Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Erast in the Georgian language | ||
| ერასტ | erast | - |
| Erast in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏରା | era | - |
| Erast in the Russian language | ||
| Эраст | erast | - |
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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 Erast
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