Hiraya Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Hiraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 183 | 1:698,603 | 17,009 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 1:105,892 | 14,318 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Hiraya (407) may also be a first name.
Hiraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hiraya (Hindi: हीरया, Marathi: िहराया, Oriya: ହିରାୟ) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiraya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 937,786th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Hiraya live; 65 percent live in East Asia and 65 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 427,366th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 407 people.
The last name Hiraya is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 698,603. In Japan Hiraya is mostly concentrated in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 47 percent are found, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 31 percent are found and Miyazaki Prefecture, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hiraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hiraya in the Oriya language | ||
| ହିରାୟ | hiraya | - |
| Hiraya in the Hindi language | ||
| हीरया | hiraya | 72.34 |
| हिरया | hiraya | 23.4 |
| हीराया | hiraya | 2.13 |
| हरीराम | harirama | 2.13 |
| Hiraya in the Marathi language | ||
| िहराया | iharaya | 35.71 |
| िहरया | iharaya | 28.57 |
| हीरया | hiraya | 21.43 |
| िहऱया | iharaya | 14.29 |
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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 Hiraya
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