Erishi Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Erishi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 333 | 1:531,960 | 26,148 |
| Iran | 105 | 1:731,262 | 37,809 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
Erishi (56) may also be a first name.
Erishi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erishi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Erishi (Hindi: ेऋषि) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Erishi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erishi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 649,026th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Erishi live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Erishi is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 56 people.
Erishi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 531,960. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 83 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Benue, where 4 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 23 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Erishi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Erishi in the Hindi language | ||
| ेऋषि | e'rsi | - |
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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 Erishi
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