Jerai Surname
Approximately 6,354 people bear this surname
Jerai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,303 | 1:121,698 | 7,865 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Jerai (89) may also be a first name.
Jerai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jerai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jerai (Bengali: জেরাই, Hindi: जेराई, Marathi: जेराई, Oriya: େଜରାଇ) is most common in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jerai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 77,042nd most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,146,923 people. The last name Jerai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jerai are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Jerai is also the 1,011,231st most widespread first name at a global level, held by 89 people.
The last name Jerai is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 6,303 people, or 1 in 121,698. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Jharkhand, where 54 percent reside, Odisha, where 43 percent reside and West Bengal, where 2 percent reside. Excluding India Jerai is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jerai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jerai in the Bengali language | ||
| জেরাই | jera'i | - |
| Jerai in the Marathi language | ||
| जेराई | jera'i | - |
| Jerai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜରାଇ | ejara'i | 87.48 |
| େଯରାଇ | eyara'i | 7.34 |
| ରବି | rabi | 0.6 |
| େଜରଈ | ejarai | 0.3 |
| େଜରଇ | ejarai | 0.25 |
| ରଶୀ | rasi | 0.1 |
| ରାଣୀ | rani | 0.1 |
| ରାଇ | ra'i | 0.05 |
| ଜେରଇ | jera'i | 0.05 |
| ରାନି | rani | 0.05 |
| େରକା | eraka | 0.05 |
| ରବୀ | rabi | 0.05 |
| ବାରି | bari | 0.05 |
| ରାଣି | rani | 0.05 |
| Jerai in the Hindi language | ||
| जेराई | jera'i | 75 |
| जेरई | jera'i | 25 |
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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 Jerai
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