Ferrah Surname
Approximately 15,241 people bear this surname
Ferrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 14,834 | 1:2,604 | 314 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Turkey | 67 | 1:1,161,514 | 49,914 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Ferràh (1) are calculated separately.
Ferrah (758) may also be a first name.
Ferrah Demographics
Average Ferrah Salary in
United States
$28,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ferrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ferrah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺮﺍﺡ) occurs most in Algeria. It may also occur in the variant forms: Ferràh. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferrah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 34,772nd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 478,154 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ferrah live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb. Ferrah is also the 298,355th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 758 people.
Ferrah is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 14,834 people, or 1 in 2,604. In Algeria Ferrah is mostly found in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 27 percent are found, Batna Province, where 16 percent are found and Bouïra Province, where 10 percent are found. Not including Algeria this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent are found and Turkey, where 0 percent are found.
Ferrah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ferrah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 533 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 76 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ferrah Last Name Statistics demography
Ferrah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ferrah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻔﺮﺍﺡ | alfrah | - |
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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 Ferrah
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