Lirai Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Lirai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Lirai (28) may also be a first name.
Lirai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lirai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lirai is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lirai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Lirai live; 56 percent live in Oceania Islands and 56 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Lirai is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Lirai is most numerous in: Enga, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 41 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lirai
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