Peirai Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Peirai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 457 | 1:168,014 | 14,281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Peirai (15) may also be a first name.
Peirai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peirai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peirai is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Peirai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peirai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 657,184th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Peirai reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname Peirai is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 457 people, or 1 in 168,014. In Iran Peirai is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 22 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent reside and Lorestan Province, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Iran this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Peirai
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