Nirah Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Nirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 195 | 1:678,201 | 52,887 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Nirah (3,695) may also be a first name.
Nirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nirah (Hindi: निरह, Marathi: िनरह) is found most in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nirah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,136,896th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Nirah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nirah are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nirah is also the 116,025th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 3,695 people.
It is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 678,201. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 26 percent are found, East Java, where 25 percent are found and West Nusa Tenggara, where 16 percent are found. Beside Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found and Israel, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nirah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nirah in the Hindi language | ||
| निरह | niraha | 76.92 |
| नीरह | niraha | 7.69 |
| निराह | niraha | 7.69 |
| निरही | nirahi | 7.69 |
| Nirah in the Marathi language | ||
| िनरह | inaraha | 45.45 |
| िनराह | inaraha | 27.27 |
| िनराहू | inarahu | 18.18 |
| नीरज | niraja | 9.09 |
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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 Nirah
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