Paraia Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Paraia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 105 | 1:77,654 | 10,215 |
| Cook Islands | 6 | 1:3,030 | 708 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Paraia (19) may also be a first name.
Paraia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paraia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paraia is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Paraia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paraia? popularity and diffusion
Paraia is the 1,691,963rd most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. Paraia occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Paraia live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Paraia is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
Paraia is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 77,654. In Papua New Guinea Paraia is most common in: Enga, where 66 percent live, National Capital District, where 20 percent live and Jiwaka, where 6 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Cook Islands, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Paraia
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