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 most common in India. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Girai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Girai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 973,426th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Girai reside; 49 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Girai is also the 681,368th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 179 people.
Girai is most widespread in India, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 6,039,885. In India Girai is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 77 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 7 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 5 percent are found. Not including India it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 47 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
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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