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
Girah (Hindi: गिरह, Marathi: िगरह) is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Girah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Girah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Girah is the 1,206,588th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Girah are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 134,790th most widely held first name globally It is held by 2,904 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria Girah is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 47 percent are found, Rivers, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
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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