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
The surname Nirah (Hindi: निरह, Marathi: िनरह) is most common in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nirah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,136,896th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nirah reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 116,025th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,695 people.
The surname Nirah is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 678,201. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 26 percent live, East Java, where 25 percent live and West Nusa Tenggara, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.
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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