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 surname Ferrah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺮﺍﺡ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It can also appear as a variant: Ferràh. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferrah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,772nd most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 478,154 people. The surname Ferrah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ferrah reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Mahgreb. Ferrah is also the 298,355th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 758 people.
The last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 14,834 people, or 1 in 2,604. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 27 percent live, Batna Province, where 16 percent live and Bouïra Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Algeria it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent live and Turkey, where 0 percent live.
Ferrah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ferrah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ferrah surname rose 533 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 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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