Harees Surname
Approximately 1,242 people bear this surname
Harees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| India | 239 | 1:3,209,479 | 93,987 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Syria | 111 | 1:173,883 | 3,871 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Lebanon | 54 | 1:104,390 | 6,105 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Harees (2,570) may also be a first name.
Harees Demographics
Harees Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Harees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harees Come From? nationality or country of origin
Harees (Hindi: हरीश, Marathi: हरीस) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Harees? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 304,881st most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,867,589 people. Harees occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Harees live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 145,235th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 2,570 people.
The surname Harees is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Excluding Sri Lanka Harees is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent are found.
Harees Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Harees has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Harees last name expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Harees Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Shiite (63%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Harees Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Harees in the Marathi language | ||
| हरीस | harisa | 66.67 |
| हारीस | harisa | 33.33 |
| Harees in the Hindi language | ||
| हरीश | harisa | 55.56 |
| हरीस | harisa | 33.33 |
| हारिस | harisa | 11.11 |
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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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- 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 Harees
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