Paraha Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Paraha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 135 | 1:33,543 | 5,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Paraha (197) may also be a first name.
Paraha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paraha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paraha (Bengali: পারহা, Hindi: पराहा, Marathi: फराहाािहम, Oriya: ପାରହା) occurs in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Paraha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Paraha is the 914,967th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Paraha are found; 63 percent are found in Australasia and 63 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 646,152nd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 197 people.
It is most widespread in New Zealand, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 33,543. In New Zealand it is most common in: Auckland Region, where 45 percent reside, Northland Region, where 39 percent reside and Waikato Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than New Zealand Paraha occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 16 percent reside.
Paraha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Paraha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Paraha last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paraha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paraha in the Bengali language | ||
| পারহা | paraha | - |
| Paraha in the Hindi language | ||
| पराहा | paraha | - |
| Paraha in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାରହା | paraha | 80 |
| ପାରାହା | paraha | 20 |
| Paraha in the Marathi language | ||
| फराहाािहम | pharahaaihama | 50 |
| परहा | paraha | 50 |
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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 Paraha
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