Parai Surname
Approximately 8,058 people bear this surname
Parai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,584 | 1:116,504 | 7,580 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Pakistan | 312 | 1:572,577 | 9,304 |
| Papua New Guinea | 230 | 1:35,451 | 4,212 |
| Ukraine | 166 | 1:274,233 | 35,482 |
| Thailand | 70 | 1:1,009,119 | 153,242 |
| Hungary | 41 | 1:239,421 | 19,309 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 1:122,387 | 15,192 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Slovakia | 28 | 1:190,588 | 32,093 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 1:26,365 | 5,164 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Paraí (1) & Paraï (1) are calculated separately.
Parai (952) may also be a first name.
Parai Demographics
Average Parai Salary in
United States
$15,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Parai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Parai (Hindi: परई, Marathi: पराई, Oriya: ପାରାଇ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Paraí or Paraï. For other potential spellings of Parai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Parai is the 62,312th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 904,386 people. The surname Parai is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Parai reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 82 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Parai is also the 261,794th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 952 people.
Parai is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 6,584 people, or 1 in 116,504. In India Parai is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 95 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 3 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 1 percent reside. Other than India it is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 4 percent reside and Pakistan, where 4 percent reside.
Parai Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Parai earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 64.95% less than the national average, earning $15,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.75% more than the national average, earning $64,960 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Parai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Parai in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାରାଇ | para'i | 74.24 |
| ପରାଇ | para'i | 13.64 |
| ପାରଇ | para'i | 7.58 |
| ପାରାଈ | para'i | 3.03 |
| Parai in the Hindi language | ||
| परई | para'i | 63.64 |
| पराई | para'i | 27.27 |
| पाराई | para'i | 4.55 |
| परगाई | paraga'i | 4.55 |
| Parai in the Marathi language | ||
| पराई | para'i | 55.41 |
| पारई | para'i | 27.93 |
| परई | para'i | 9.01 |
| परै | parai | 2.7 |
| पाराई | para'i | 2.25 |
| पराइ | para'i | 0.9 |
| पारूई | paru'i | 0.9 |
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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 Parai
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