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
Paraia occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paraia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Paraia is the 1,691,963rd most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Paraia are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Paraia is also the 2,523,061st most common first name in the world It is held by 19 people.
Paraia is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 77,654. In Papua New Guinea Paraia is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 66 percent are found, National Capital District, where 20 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Cook Islands, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
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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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