Esira Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Esira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 231 | 1:766,852 | 34,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 1:103,212 | 13,927 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Esira (605) may also be a first name.
Esira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Esira (Oriya: ଏସିରା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Esira.
How Common Is The Last Name Esira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 858,879th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Esira are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Esira is also the 339,798th most numerous first name globally It is held by 605 people.
Esira is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 88 percent are found, Abia, where 3 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Esira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏସିରା | esira | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Esira
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