Girah Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Girah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Girah (2,904) may also be a first name.
Girah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Girah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Girah (Hindi: गिरह, Marathi: िगरह) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Girah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,206,588th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Girah live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 134,790th most frequently used given name globally It is held by 2,904 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria Girah is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 47 percent live, Rivers, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Girah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Girah in the Hindi language | ||
| गिरह | giraha | - |
| Girah in the Marathi language | ||
| िगरह | igaraha | 66.67 |
| िगह | igaha | 33.33 |
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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 Girah
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