Periyar Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Periyar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Periyar (100) may also be a first name.
Periyar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Periyar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Periyar (Arabic: بريار, Marathi: पेरीयार) is found most in India. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Periyar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Periyar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Periyar live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Periyar is also the 946,056th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 100 people.
The last name Periyar is most widespread in India, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 10,227,538. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 49 percent reside, Telangana, where 17 percent reside and West Bengal, where 8 percent reside. Outside of India this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Periyar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Periyar in the Marathi language | ||
| पेरीयार | periyara | 46.15 |
| पेिरयार | peirayara | 41.03 |
| पेरीयर | periyara | 7.69 |
| पिरयार | pirayara | 5.13 |
| Periyar in the Arabic language | ||
| بريار | bryar | - |
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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 Periyar
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