Mahra Surname
Approximately 16,463 people bear this surname
Mahra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13,901 | 1:55,181 | 3,788 |
| Palestine | 941 | 1:4,834 | 1,091 |
| Pakistan | 795 | 1:224,709 | 5,271 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| United Arab Emirates | 158 | 1:57,989 | 5,595 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Iran | 45 | 1:1,706,278 | 64,723 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Mahra (6,958) may also be a first name.
Mahra Demographics
Average Mahra Salary in
United States
$17,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mahra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahra (Arabic: المحري, Hindi: महरा, Marathi: महेरा) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 32,349th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 442,662 people. Mahra is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Mahra live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 77,896th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 6,958 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 13,901 people, or 1 in 55,181. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Jharkhand, where 92 percent live, Uttarkhand, where 3 percent live and Bihar, where 3 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 6 percent live and Pakistan, where 5 percent live.
Mahra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mahra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mahra surname contracted 12 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mahra Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
The amount Mahra earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 60.49% less than the national average, earning $17,050 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.93% less than the national average, earning $37,793 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahra in the Hindi language | ||
| महरा | mahara | 68.99 |
| माहरा | mahara | 24.68 |
| सिंह | sinha | 3.48 |
| मेहरा | mehara | 1.58 |
| महेरा | mahera | 0.32 |
| Mahra in the Marathi language | ||
| महेरा | mahera | 66.67 |
| महरा | mahara | 33.33 |
| Mahra in the Arabic language | ||
| المحري | almhry | - |
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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 Mahra
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