Payra Surname
Approximately 12,866 people bear this surname
Payra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12,275 | 1:62,490 | 4,266 |
| Philippines | 491 | 1:206,188 | 32,380 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Payrá (1) are calculated separately.
Payra (648) may also be a first name.
Payra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Payra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Payra (Hindi: पायरा, Marathi: पायरा, Oriya: ପାୟରା) is found most frequently in India. It can be found in the variant forms: Payrá. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Payra? popularity and diffusion
The surname Payra is the 40,711th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 566,419 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Payra reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Payra is also the 326,442nd most widely held first name globally, held by 648 people.
The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 12,275 people, or 1 in 62,490. In India it is mostly concentrated in: West Bengal, where 99 percent reside, Punjab, where 0 percent reside and Delhi, where 0 percent reside. Barring India Payra exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Payra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Payra in the Marathi language | ||
| पायरा | payara | 95.65 |
| पायर | payara | 4.35 |
| Payra in the Hindi language | ||
| पायरा | payara | 64.71 |
| प्यारा | pyara | 29.41 |
| पयरा | payara | 5.88 |
| Payra in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାୟରା | payara | 50 |
| ପାତ | pata | 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 Payra
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