Girai Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Girai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 125 | 1:65,230 | 8,500 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Girai (179) may also be a first name.
Girai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Girai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Girai (Hindi: गिरि, Marathi: िगराई, Oriya: ଗିରାଇ, Russian: Гираи) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Girai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Girai is the 973,426th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Girai live; 49 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 681,368th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 179 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 6,039,885. In India it is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 77 percent live, Jharkhand, where 7 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 5 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 47 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Girai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Girai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିରାଇ | gira'i | - |
| Girai in the Marathi language | ||
| िगराई | igara'i | - |
| Girai in the Hindi language | ||
| गिरि | giri | 64.08 |
| भागीरथी | bhagirathi | 21.36 |
| गिरई | gira'i | 7.77 |
| गिरी | giri | 2.91 |
| गिराई | gira'i | 0.97 |
| गिरि़ | giri | 0.97 |
| गिराी | girai | 0.97 |
| Girai in the Russian language | ||
| Гираи | girai | - |
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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 Girai
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